Pennsylvania Neo-Nazi Bomb-Maker Operated ‘The White Church’
Federal authorities say a Pittsburgh man, just convicted of possessing a pipe bomb, held meetings of white supremacists at his home, which he called “The White Church.”
When federal agents searched the residence of Eric Charles Smith, of Baldwin Borough, last summer, they found white supremacist literature and Nazi paraphernalia and a podium apparently used for neo-Nazi “church services.”
They also seized about 20 improvised explosive devices, precursor chemicals used to make bombs and written formulas for explosives, the Justice Department said in a statement. One of the explosive devices was described as a fully assembled 6-inch fused cylinder that had nails and pieces of shrapnel taped to it.
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