Man Planned Suicide Bombing at National Mall on Election Day: Feds

The Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol are seen beyond the waters of the reflecting pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 8, 2015. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

A man in Tappan, New York, was arrested and accused with planning to blow himself up at the National Mall on election day.

“As alleged, Paul M. Rosenfeld concocted a twisted plan to draw attention to his political ideology by killing himself on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., risking harm to many others in the process,” said U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in a press release.