FBI ARREST TERROR SUSPECT WHO PLANNED MASS SHOOTING IN US TEMPLE.

THE FBI has arrested a man who was allegedly plotting a horrifying mass shooting.

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Hamzeh reportedly planned to conduct a mass shooting on a Masonic Temple

Samy Mohamed Hamzeh is accused of planning to travel to Jordan to conduct an attack on Israeli soldiers and citizens last October.
But he allegedly abandoned his plans to focus an assault on US soil.

The 23-year-old, who has been under investigation since September last year, told police he wanted to commit an act of terror on a Masonic Temple in Milwaukee, it has been reported.
Hamzeh took a guided tour of the temple earlier this month, learning meeting schedules and where people would be during specific times.
Speaking in Arabic, he allegedly told two FBI sources how he planned to commit a savage attack – telling them two machine guns and three silencers would be needed to complete the job.

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Hamzeh revealed his plans to undercover FBI officers

The one who is standing downstairs will spray anyone he finds. We will shoot, them, kill them and get out

Samy Mohamed Hamzeh

He was recorded saying: “I am telling you, to go without a silencer gun, you will be exposed from the beginning.
"One of us will stay at the door at the entrance and lock the door down, he will be at the main door down, two will get to the lift up, they will enter the room, and spray everyone in the room.
“The one who is standing downstairs will spray anyone he finds. We will shoot, them, kill them and get out.
“We will walk and walk, after a while, we will be covered as if it is cold, and we'll take the covers off and dump them in a corner and keep on walking as if nothing happened, as if everything is normal.
“But one has to stand on the door, because if no one stood at the door, people will be going in and out, if people came in from outside and found out what is going on, everything is busted."

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It comes just weeks after the mass shootings in San Bernardino

Hamzeh also detailed the specific jobs each attacker would have to do in the atrocity, according to reports.
He said: “As long as the one on the door understands he has bigger responsibility than the others.
“For your information, he has to take care of everyone around him, the comers and the one that wants to go, he has to annihilate everyone, there is no one left, I mean when we go into a room, we will be killing everyone, that's it, this is our duty as for the one at the door, he must have 20/20 eye vision and always alert for all the traffic around him.
"I am telling you, if this hit is executed, it will be known all over the world."

The suspect also met two undercover FBI agents on January 25 to buy machine guns and silencers from them, according to reports.
Hamzeh agreed a deal with the agents before buying two automatic weapons and a silencer.
He was arrested after taking a bag containing the weapons to his car.

The 23-year-old has been charged with possessing machine guns and a silencer.
US attorney Gregory Haanstad said: “Samy Mohamed Hamzeh devised a detailed plan to commit a mass shooting intended to kill dozens of people.
“He also said that he wanted this mass shooting to be known the world over and ignite broader clashes.
“It is difficult to calculate the injury and loss of the life that was prevented by concerned citizens coming forward and by the tireless efforts of the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.”

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Hamzeh has been charged with possessing machine guns and a silencer