One message shows the Instagram user identified as Pietila angry about an apparent breakup, as he writes on June 01, “I’m done at this point. Seann Pietila, 19, was arrested and accused of planning a mass shooting at a Michigan synagogue. The suspect also showed admiration for the 2019 Christchurch shooting, where 51 people were killed in two New Zealand mosques, with the date highlighted in Pietila’s phone matching the fourth anniversary of the massacre. Several of the messages highlighted in the complaint involve Pietila and another Instagram user making antisemitic slurs, touting his allegedly massive gun collection, and making antisemitic statements.

The FBI said it had received a report Tuesday about threatening messages Pieltila shared online, including praises for previous mass shooters and neo-Nazis.

Seann Pietila, 19, of Pickford, was arrested on Friday after agents raided his home and discovered several weapons, a Nazi flag, a camouflage ghillie suit, gas masks, and a military sniper manual, according to the criminal complaint filed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan.Ī search of his phone also yielded a note highlighting a synagogue in East Lansing, along with a date and a list of equipment, including homemade bombs.

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