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June 17, 2011
An Ethiopian-born man was arrested for carrying a backpack with suspicious items and products at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Yonathan Melaku, 22, a naturalized U.S. citizen was arrested Friday around 1:30 a.m. on suspicion of trespassing. The FBI said he was carrying "items which caused initial concerns about the public's safety.
Melaku is a Marine Corps reservist lance corporal who is Muslim, remains in the custody. Charges have not been filed. He ran from the police but was caught then he told officers that his backpack was full of bomb making materials, including ammonium nitrate, a compound used as a fertilizer and as a component of explosives.
Also, in his backpack was a notebook containing threatening phrases like "Al Qaeda," "Taliban rule" and "defeated coalition forces."
The backpack contained five pounds of supposedly ammonium nitrate although testing came back negative. Further testing will be done.
Melaku joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 2007. He has been awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal. He is currently listed as a motor vehicle operator with Combat Engineer Support Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, according to the FBI. Melaku resides in Alexandria, Va.
Suspect in Custody for 'Suspicious' Backpack Is Marine Corps Reservist
Pentagon on alert after Marine arrested at Arlington National Cemetery
Man Suspected of Carrying Ammonium Nitrate in Backpack Taken into Custody near Pentagon
June 17, 2011
An Ethiopian-born man was arrested for carrying a backpack with suspicious items and products at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Yonathan Melaku, 22, a naturalized U.S. citizen was arrested Friday around 1:30 a.m. on suspicion of trespassing. The FBI said he was carrying "items which caused initial concerns about the public's safety.
Melaku is a Marine Corps reservist lance corporal who is Muslim, remains in the custody. Charges have not been filed. He ran from the police but was caught then he told officers that his backpack was full of bomb making materials, including ammonium nitrate, a compound used as a fertilizer and as a component of explosives.
Also, in his backpack was a notebook containing threatening phrases like "Al Qaeda," "Taliban rule" and "defeated coalition forces."
The backpack contained five pounds of supposedly ammonium nitrate although testing came back negative. Further testing will be done.
Melaku joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 2007. He has been awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal. He is currently listed as a motor vehicle operator with Combat Engineer Support Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, according to the FBI. Melaku resides in Alexandria, Va.
Suspect in Custody for 'Suspicious' Backpack Is Marine Corps Reservist
Pentagon on alert after Marine arrested at Arlington National Cemetery
Man Suspected of Carrying Ammonium Nitrate in Backpack Taken into Custody near Pentagon