California fertility clinic bombing: Suspect arrested after deportation from Poland
The suspect, Daniel Park, a 32-year-old man from Washington state, was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the officials said.
At his appearance on Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn, Park consented to be detained and transferred to California in the custody of the US Marshals service, according to a spokesperson for the Brooklyn US Attorney's office.
Park had been detained in Poland and deported by Polish authorities. US officials were not clear why he had travelled to Poland and said he was not in southern California on the day of the bombing.
Officials alleged that Park secured 270 pounds of ammonium nitrate for Guy Bartkus, the primary suspect in the bombing. Ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer, is also a material commonly used to construct homemade bombs, they said.
The officials charged Park with providing and attempting to provide material support to a terrorist. Bartkus, 25, died in the blast.
A bomb detonated on May 17 in or near a car parked outside the fertility clinic, operated by American Reproductive Center. In addition to the death of the primary suspect, several other people were injured, according to authorities.
Bartkus had 'nihilistic ideations,' FBI officials said at the time, adding that they were investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. On Wednesday law enforcement officials said that Park shared those views and had posted them on Internet forums.
Wednesday's arrest was first reported by NBC News. — Reuters
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