Finding links of confirmation of explosives in backpack and bomb making materials in room or apartment. Will look at some links closer.
Soldier had bomb-making materials in Killeen motel room, officials say
Federal authorities said they will likely charge an AWOL Army soldier today with having bomb-making components, including “a significant amount of gunpowder,” in his Killeen hotel room near Fort Hood.
Killeen police officers Wednesday arrested Pvt. Nasser Jason Abdo after learning that he was wanted by the Army on a child pornography charge, FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said.
Vasys said that through the Killeen police investigation, authorities found Abdo’s hotel room and materials that included the gunpowder and other items “that could be considered bomb-making components.”
He was arrested at America’s Best Value Inn on South Fort Hood Road, Killeen police said.
“We don’t know what his motivation was at this time,” Vasys said. “We are trying to learn all things about Mr. Abdo, about what his possible motivations and intentions were.”
Vasys added, “Any threat that was posed by this individual is now over.”
George Wright, an Army spokesman, said he was not aware of anything linking Abdo to a larger plot among soldiers against Army installations.
“I’m not seeing anything to that effect,” Wright said, stressing that he is not a spokesman for the ongoing FBI and Killeen Police Department investigation.
Abdo, whose hometown is Garland, entered the Army in March of 2009 and was assigned to the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell when he went AWOL on July 4, Wright said.
Fort Hood officials said security measures remained the same at the post today.