(Miami Herald) A North Miami Beach man who wanted the “establishment of Islamic law” plotted to bomb deans at two of his former colleges, federal authorities said Monday.
Salman Rashid, 23, appeared in Miami federal court on Monday charged with soliciting another person to commit a violent crime.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Rashid targeted unnamed deans at Miami Dade College and Broward College, schools from which he had been expelled. Rashid told a confidential source working with the FBI that he wanted the explosives to be “as big as possible,” according to a press release.
Rashid will remain behind bars until at least Wednesday, when a “pretrial detention” hearing is held. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. It was not yet clear if he had an attorney.
