A fifth person has been arrested in Louisiana in connection with a group behind a thwarted New Year’s Eve bombing plot. The FBI Los Angeles office confirmed Monday that four people were arrested in California and a fifth person in New Iberia, Louisiana, who were part of the same extremist group. Four were arrested in California for a bombing plot for New Year’s Eve. The fifth person arrested in New Iberia was not part of the California bombings plan; however, the FBI said he was “a considerable threat” and part of the terror organization. The plot behind the planned bombings in California was eerily similar to the plan of Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, who placed bombs in coolers around the French Quarter and then drove a truck through a crowded Bourbon Street when those bombs did not detonate. According to the FBI, the extremist group is called the Turtle Island Liberation Front. The four suspects’ plan included placing backpacks with pipe bombs at businesses across California. The individuals were arrested Friday, Dec. 12, according to the FBI. Their plan was to bomb four different U.S. companies across Southern California. According to the FBI, the group is believed to be behind multiple organized terror attack plots across the United States. The group is alleged to have been plotting to set off a series of bombings at multiple targets in California beginning on New Year’s Eve and planning to target Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media.Evidence photos included in the court documents show a desert campsite with what investigators said were bomb-making materials strewn across plastic folding tables.All four suspects were believed to be part of The Order of the Black Lotus within the TILF. The group is described as “everything radical,” according to the FBI. The FBI was able to intervene in the plot by following social media posts. The four suspects in connection with the planned bombings in California met in the desert to test the bombs. They were taken into custody, and search warrants led the FBI to a fifth person being arrested in New Iberia. They each face charges including conspiracy and possession of a destructive device, court documents show.WDSU reached out to the FBI New Orleans office for more information on the person taken into custody. The FBI referred WDSU to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District. WDSU reached out and is awaiting more information. This comes just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Bourbon Street terror attack that killed 14 people and injured 57 others. WDSU has reached out to the city of New Orleans and the New Orleans Police Department regarding any changes expected to the safety plan for New Year’s Eve.

NEW ORLEANS —

A fifth person has been arrested in Louisiana in connection with a group behind a thwarted New Year’s Eve bombing plot.

The FBI Los Angeles office confirmed Monday that four people were arrested in California and a fifth person in New Iberia, Louisiana, who were part of the same extremist group.

Four were arrested in California for a bombing plot for New Year’s Eve.

The fifth person arrested in New Iberia was not part of the California bombings plan; however, the FBI said he was “a considerable threat” and part of the terror organization.

The plot behind the planned bombings in California was eerily similar to the plan of Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, who placed bombs in coolers around the French Quarter and then drove a truck through a crowded Bourbon Street when those bombs did not detonate.

According to the FBI, the extremist group is called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.

The four suspects’ plan included placing backpacks with pipe bombs at businesses across California.

The individuals were arrested Friday, Dec. 12, according to the FBI. Their plan was to bomb four different U.S. companies across Southern California.

According to the FBI, the group is believed to be behind multiple organized terror attack plots across the United States.

The group is alleged to have been plotting to set off a series of bombings at multiple targets in California beginning on New Year’s Eve and planning to target Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media.

Evidence photos included in the court documents show a desert campsite with what investigators said were bomb-making materials strewn across plastic folding tables.

All four suspects were believed to be part of The Order of the Black Lotus within the TILF. The group is described as “everything radical,” according to the FBI.

The FBI was able to intervene in the plot by following social media posts.

The four suspects in connection with the planned bombings in California met in the desert to test the bombs. They were taken into custody, and search warrants led the FBI to a fifth person being arrested in New Iberia.

They each face charges including conspiracy and possession of a destructive device, court documents show.

WDSU reached out to the FBI New Orleans office for more information on the person taken into custody. The FBI referred WDSU to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District. WDSU reached out and is awaiting more information.

This comes just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Bourbon Street terror attack that killed 14 people and injured 57 others.

WDSU has reached out to the city of New Orleans and the New Orleans Police Department regarding any changes expected to the safety plan for New Year’s Eve.