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Federal prosecutors on Monday publicly identified a sixth defendant in the alleged conspiracy to turn a Washington, D.C., UFC event into a mass-casualty attack, unsealing a criminal complaint in the Western District of Missouri that names Jordan W.
Rincker as an alleged participant. The filing brings to six the total number of publicly identified defendants in the case, following five arrests made in mid-June.
The FBI alleges the network planned to use explosive-laden drones, a prestaged sniper team and a secondary assault on the White House gate during the UFC Freedom 250 event.
The Alleged Attack Plan According to FBI officials, the plotters intended to detonate drone-carried explosives near buildings close to the event venue, triggering a mass evacuation and funneling crowds toward a waiting sniper team.
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