A Jamaican national arrested Tuesday at Orlando International Airport with bomb making materials and how-to instructions has told authorities he was planning on building a pipe bomb and detonating it in Jamaica, ABC News has learned.
More PhotosSources told ABC News that federal authorities are investigating whether or not the man has mental health issues.
Kevin Brown, 32, told authorities he was bought the materials in Gainsville, Florida and was planning on detonating the pipe bomb on a tree stump in his native island nation. At another point, he told investigators he was going to show his friends how to build a bomb like the ones he said he saw in Iraq, according a criminal complaint, though it's unclear if he was ever in Iraq.
Brown was arrested after authorities found two pipes with end cap holes in them, two glass bottles apparently containing the explosive nitro-methane, two prescription bottles full of BB pellets, a model rocket igniter, batteries, lighter fluid and instructions on how to build the bomb, according to an FBI statement. Initial tests indicated that the liquid, was in fact, nitro-methane, though authorities were waiting for the results of lab tests late Wednesday. |