In the US state of Georgia, a man tried to drive his car into the grounds of the FBI’s regional office in Atlanta on Monday. A security barrier stopped the vehicle and the suspect was immediately arrested. The car suffered significant damage when it hit the barrier (see video above).
The man had been following an FBI employee in the car and crashed into the security barrier, preventing him from entering the area. Explosives experts and officers examined the vehicle. The driver was arrested and subsequently examined in a hospital.
Suspect is a Navy veteran
No one was injured in the incident and there was no information about the man’s motives, TV channel CNN reported. The suspect is a Navy veteran from South Carolina, according to two law enforcement agencies.
The man is now in the custody of DeKalb County police, a federal law enforcement official said. The suspect was not affiliated with the facility and attempted to follow an employee through the gate, FBI Special Agent Peter Ellis told reporters at the scene Monday afternoon. “He tried to get through the gate, but our security stopped him.”
The incident occurred about two weeks after the FBI’s Atlanta field office conducted a drill with its employees to test how to respond to a burglary, a law enforcement source familiar with security planning at the FBI told CNN.
Security measures have increased
Due to a wave of threats against its employees and an attempted break-in at an FBI field office in Cincinnati in 2022, the FBI has steadily increased security measures in recent years.
Source: Krone
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