Thread: Man detained after possible bomb threat in Fayetteville

Man detained after possible bomb threat in Fayetteville

The Associated Press


FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Authorities detained a man on immigration charges late Saturday after investigating a possible bomb threat at a Greyhound bus station.
The FBI said officials had been tracking the man for several days because he left suspicious material in a Florida hotel. An FBI spokesman would not say what that material was.

FBI agent Tim Gannon said the agency received a tip about the man while his bus was en route from Florida. A passenger said she sat near the man and that he seemed anxious and often sent text messages in a foreign language.

Several passengers said federal agents were waiting at the station and handcuffed the man when he stepped off the bus. About 100 people were evacuated from the bus station.

Officials searched his luggage but said they found no explosives or related substances.

Fayetteville police Capt. Michael Calfee would not release the name of the man, whom he described as a foreigner.

The man was to be questioned by immigration and customs enforcement officers, Calfee said.
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they had a report on about 'soft targets' -- this is not a comforting thought

Originally Posted by Mamie

they had a report on about 'soft targets' -- this is not a comforting thought

along those lines. Fayetteville is my old stomping grounds I was a patrol officer with the Capt in the above article.
Fayetteville home of Ft Bragg, where you will find Special Forces, 82nd Airborne, The "non existing"Delta Force(but you will not be able to get on their part) and Pope Air Force Base. Bragg is easy to get on to.

There is no time to be "comforted" right now really. Where there is one, there are always others. September 11, 2001 was the most grand demonstration of this fact yet.

"We are America's Palestinians!" -- La Raza

Originally Posted by concernedveteran

"We are America's Palestinians!" -- La Raza

you would think Congress and the President would take note of that ... if American citizens made that statement, they would be considered terrorists and put in jail