Kansas airport terror plot foiled: officials 

 

Kansas authorities said today they have arrested a man for allegedly plotting to blow up the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita with a carload of explosives.

Terry Loewen, a 58-year-old aviation technician from Wichita, intended to die a martyr in the bombing, U.S. District Attorney for Kansas Barry Grissom said at a news conference.

Authorities said Loewen was believed to have been motivated, at least partly, by religious beliefs.

The man was taken into custody early Friday, officials said, as he attempted to make his way onto airport property with what he thought were active explosives. They said he had planned the attack for months.