Kevin Harpham

Kevin William Harpham is an American right-wing extremist . He was best known for an attempted bomb attack during Martin Luther King Day 2011 in Spokane .

Life

Kevin Harpham served in the US Army from 1996 to 1999 , during which time he was stationed at Fort Lewis , near Tacoma . In the mid- 2000s , he expressed considerable interest in joining the Aryan Nations organization, but according to a spokesman for the organization he should not have joined. He took part in a racist Internet forum , including advice on building bombs .

Attempted bomb attack

Shortly before the start of the Martin Luther King Day parade, workers found the bomb placed in a backpack on a park bench next to the route of the parade. The explosive device consisted of explosives , shrapnel-like pieces of metal and rat poison to stop the blood from clotting in the victims.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lukas I. Alpert, Kevin Harpham, white supremacist ex-soldier, busted for failed bombing at MLK Day parade , NYDaily News.com from March 10, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
2. ↑ Chris Parker, Kevin Harpham Arrested For Planting IED on Spokane MLK Parade Route , true crime report from March 11, 2011 ( memento of the original from March 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ Watchdog: MLK suspect posted about bombs , MSNBC.com of March 10, 2011 (English)
4. ↑ Barry Leibowitz, MLK Jr. Day Parade in Spokane Was Threatened by Bomb, Says FBI , Crimesider, cbsnews.com, January 18, 2011
5. ↑ Jonny Dymond, US 'hate groups' bolstered by Obama's election , BBC News from July 5, 2011 (English)