CLEVELAND —
A member of Occupy Cleveland says that at least some of the five men arrested in an alleged bridge-bombing plot attended the group’s events but that their actions don’t represent the group.
Occupy Cleveland media coordinator Jacob Wagner says the protest group had no knowledge of the alleged plan to blow up a bridge and would denounce such actions. He says some group members knew the suspects but that the group isn’t commenting further.
The FBI says three of the suspects are self-described anarchists. They were arrested Monday.
Authorities say there was no danger to the public because the explosives were inoperable and were controlled by an undercover FBI employee.
The announcement of the arrests came as Occupy demonstrators in other states joined Tuesday protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day.
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Associated Press A jogger runs along the tow path approaching a bridge at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville Tuesday. Five men have been arrested for conspiring to blow up the high level bridge over the Cuyahoga River valley, but there was no danger to the public because the explosives were inoperable and were controlled by an undercover FBI employee, the agency said Tuesday in announcing the men's arrests.
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