Man allegedly tried to blow up service member’s vehicle in Pentagon parking lot, police say

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Man allegedly tried to blow up service member’s vehicle in Pentagon parking lot, police say

    Jeff Schogol
    16 hours ago
 

A man is accused of trying to blow up a service member’s vehicle in the Pentagon’s north parking lot on Monday, according to the Justice Department.

A police officer saw Matthew Dmitri Richardson, 19, allegedly striking a cigarette lighter to a piece of fabric that had been stuffed into the vehicle’s gas tank as a wick, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced on Tuesday.

Richardson allegedly told the police officer that he planned to “blow this vehicle up” and “himself” along with it, a U.S. Attorney’s office news release says.

 https://taskandpurpose.com/news/man-blow-up-vehicle-pentagon

[Fishrrman]

"Richardson allegedly told the police officer that he planned to “blow this vehicle up” and “himself” along with it, a U.S. Attorney’s office news release says."

Gee, if that's the case, why did they bother to stop him?
Insurance would have paid for the burned-up car...