(WWBT) The FBI has arrested two men they say were plotting to bomb a church in order to start a "race war."
Robert Doyle and Ronald Chaney "ascribe to a white supremacy version of the Asatru faith," according to court documents. The FBI says Doyle held a meeting on September 27 at his Chesterfield, Virginia home to discuss "shooting or bombing the occupants of black churches and Jewish synagogues."
The FBI says several vehicles were present at the home on that day, including one registered to Chaney.
According to the FBI, Doyle and Chaney met with an undercover agent posing as an illegal arms dealer on October 25. The two allegedly ordered "an automatic weapon, explosives, and a pistol with a silencer."
The FBI also says the two men were plotting to rob and kill a local jewelry store dealer with the help of a third suspect, Charles Daniel Halderman.
