Five foreign nationals detained for breaking into San Antonio Courthouse.
10-19-2011, 10:56 AM
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Five foreign nationals detained for breaking into San Antonio Courthouse. Link to story on Fox News.
DEVELOPING: The FBI and local police said Wednesday they were trying to figure out why five French-Moroccan nationals tried to break into a Texas courthouse in the middle of the night.
At least five foreign nationals are in custody after the attempted break-in at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, which triggered a bomb scare and FBI terror investigation, a source close to the case tells FoxNews.com.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said the suspects are believed to be of French-Moroccan descent.
FBI agents and a bomb squad were called to the courthouse after two men were found inside the building early Wednesday.
The pair, along with three other men, who were outside in an RV, were arrested by San Antonio police. The five suspects are currently being questioned by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
"We're looking into all aspects of these individuals," FBI spokesman Erik Vasys told FoxNews.com.
Documents found inside the van showed the men seemed to have traveled extensively to high-level security facilities around the country, according to local media reports.
The source declined to comment on whether any bomb-making materials were found at the scene, saying only that the suspects' motive is still under investigation.
Police said two of the men climbed a fire escape and entered an unlocked door on the fourth floor of the courthouse at around 2 a.m., KHOU.com reports.
The men allegedly told investigators that they were visiting from out of town and said they were trying to get a tour of the city, according to the station.
Sheriff's department spokesman Louis Antu told the Associated Press that there's no information to indicate that the incident might be affiliated with terrorism. He said the case is being investigated as burglary of a building.
Antu said the FBI and immigration authorities are involved because the men are not from the U.S. Antu said the men, whose names have not yet been released, were taken to a jail holding facility.
FoxNews.com's Cristina Corbin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
At least five foreign nationals are in custody after the attempted break-in at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, which triggered a bomb scare and FBI terror investigation, a source close to the case tells FoxNews.com.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said the suspects are believed to be of French-Moroccan descent.
FBI agents and a bomb squad were called to the courthouse after two men were found inside the building early Wednesday.
The pair, along with three other men, who were outside in an RV, were arrested by San Antonio police. The five suspects are currently being questioned by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
"We're looking into all aspects of these individuals," FBI spokesman Erik Vasys told FoxNews.com.
Documents found inside the van showed the men seemed to have traveled extensively to high-level security facilities around the country, according to local media reports.
The source declined to comment on whether any bomb-making materials were found at the scene, saying only that the suspects' motive is still under investigation.
Police said two of the men climbed a fire escape and entered an unlocked door on the fourth floor of the courthouse at around 2 a.m., KHOU.com reports.
The men allegedly told investigators that they were visiting from out of town and said they were trying to get a tour of the city, according to the station.
Sheriff's department spokesman Louis Antu told the Associated Press that there's no information to indicate that the incident might be affiliated with terrorism. He said the case is being investigated as burglary of a building.
Antu said the FBI and immigration authorities are involved because the men are not from the U.S. Antu said the men, whose names have not yet been released, were taken to a jail holding facility.
FoxNews.com's Cristina Corbin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
10-19-2011, 11:52 AM
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"This just in, five foreign nationals were found hanged outside the Bexar County Courthouse after a break in. Their bullet ridden bodies had American flags shoved in their mouths and a Texas flag was used to restrain their hands and arms behind their backs. When asked for comment, the local Sheriff replied, 'It was the weirdest damn mass suicide that I've ever seen.....' "
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