American citizen charged with attempted firebombing of US Embassy in Israel

An American national was charged with attempting to firebomb a U.S. Embassy subdivision bureau in Israel, the Justice Department announced connected Sunday. 

Joseph Neumeyer, 28, who besides holds German citizenship, was recovered past week extracurricular the embassy bureau successful Tel Aviv with a backpack containing respective Molotov cocktails, national prosecutors said. 

He is charged with attempting to destroy, by means of occurrence oregon explosive, the U.S. Embassy.

"As alleged, Neumeyer, equipped with perchance lethal devices, sought to origin chaos and demolition astatine the United States Embassy successful Tel Aviv," said U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr.

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Officers of the Israeli National Police, including members of an explosive ordinance disposal team, were called to the country successful bid to render the Molotov cocktails harmless adjacent a U.S. Embassy subdivision office. A U.S. national has been arrested and charged with attempting to firebomb the subdivision office.  (Justice Department)

Neumeyer, a Colorado resident, was deported from Israel to the U.S. and appeared successful a New York national courtroom connected Sunday, wherever helium was ordered held pending trial. 

He arrived successful Israel successful April, authorities said. On May 19, Neumeyer made respective posts connected Facebook wherever helium allegedly announced his intent to people the embassy. 

"Join maine this day successful Tel Aviv we are burning down the U.S. embassy," 1 station read, according to tribunal documents. "Join maine arsenic I pain down the embassy successful Tel Aviv. Death to America. Death to Americans and f--- the west." 

Other posts called for the assassination of President Donald Trump, arsenic good arsenic calling for the decease of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the United Kingdom's Atomic Energy Authority and Antarctic Heritage Trust. The aforesaid time helium made the societal media posts, Neumeyer arrived extracurricular the embassy subdivision bureau successful Tel Aviv carrying a backpack, authorities said.

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He allegedly approached the gathering and spat connected a guard. The defender attempted to detain Neumeyer, who uttered profanities earlier turning and fleeing, leaving his backpack behind.  

Authorities recovered respective bottles wrong the container that had been turned into improvised incendiary devices, commonly known arsenic "Molotov cocktails," which contained a flammable fluid, prosecutors said. Officers with the Israeli National Police, including members of an explosive ordinance disposal team, were called to the country successful bid to render the Molotov cocktails safe, prosecutors said. 

No 1 was harmed during the incident. 

File photograph of the U.S. Embassy Branch Office successful the Israeli coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

"Neumeyer not lone made threats against Americans and U.S. diplomatic missions, but besides allegedly attempted to transportation retired those threats by bringing perchance deadly devices to the U.S. Embassy successful Tel Aviv," said FBI Assistant Director successful Charge Steven Jensen. "Let his apprehension transportation an unmistakable message: The FBI and our partners volition aggressively prosecute those who effort to harm U.S. citizens and interests abroad."

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Neumeyer was recovered astatine a edifice wherever helium was staying and placed under arrest. He faces up to 20 years successful prison. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the White House and Neumeyer's lawyer with the national nationalist defenders bureau for remark connected the matter.