4 people charged in bomb plot against Muslim community in New York

Greece New York Police Department/Handout via Reuters

• Three men and a teenager have been arrested after planning to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York.
• Investigators recovered three homemade bombs and nearly two dozen guns.
• The alleged plot was uncovered after a student showed a classmate a photograph of another student and said, "He looks like the next school shooter, doesn't he?"
• The remark was reported to school security and prompted an interview of the student who had the photograph, as well as the student in the picture.
• Police declined to provide details about how the investigation into the student's seemingly offhand remark led to the arrests.

(NEW YORK) - Three men and a teenager have been arrested after planning to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York, and investigators have recovered three homemade bombs and nearly two dozen guns, authorities said on Tuesday.

The alleged plot was uncovered after a student at Odyssey Academy, a school in Greece, New York, showed a classmate a photograph of another student and said, "He looks like the next school shooter, doesn't he?" Greece Police Chief Patrick Phelan told reporters at a news conference.

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