An Islamic State sympathizer who was plotting to carry out an attack on a US military base similar to the deadly assault at Fort Hood in 2009 has been arrested. John T. Booker Jr, was detained in Manhattan, Kansas, on Friday morning and charged with multiple terror offenses, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. The 20-year-old, who refers to himself as Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, is said to have targeted nearby Fort Riley and planned to use a 1,000lb car bomb to blow himself up and kill 'people with power'. Booker was shown how to arm the bomb, which was actually a dud, and taken to a supposed secret gate to enter the base by FBI informants before being arrested around 9am.James T. Booker, 20, of Topeka, Kansas, was arrested following FBI stingHis plan to join Army was stopped last year after extremist Facebook postHe faces terrorism charges, including using a weapon of mass destructionBooker arrested outside Fort Riley's supposed 'secret gate' with car bombImam says that suspect was mentally illAlexander Blair, 28, arrested for failing to inform authorities about plan
_ began counseling John Booker at the request of the FBI last year, though he now says 'maybe he came to me too late'.