"Preparing for the end of the world", an American man was arrested after making military grade explo

Original title: "preparing for the end of the world", an American man was arrested after manufacturing military grade explosives at home
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According to the website of Newsweek, a man in Pennsylvania was arrested by law enforcement officers on Wednesday because he opened a dangerous and illegal explosives laboratory at home. He was allegedly suspected of manufacturing military grade explosives.

Suspect Joseph McClure (screenshot of US media)
Court documents show that Joseph M. McClure, a 44 year old Middletown resident, cannot be released on bail on charges of "possession of weapons of mass destruction", "risk of disaster" and "reckless harm".
After discovering that McClure's laboratory contained highly volatile and explosive materials used to manufacture military grade explosives, the local police bomb disposal team closed some cities around McClure's apartment for several hours. The police said McClure had not received training in handling (explosives).
McClure admitted that he possessed explosives and materials related to explosive materials, manufactured explosives and compounds related to such materials, local agent Keegan Wenner wrote in the arrest document submitted to district judge David h. Judy, "He has a laboratory at home and has not received formal training in any abilities related to these projects."
Wenner mentioned in the arrest document that in addition to the general "glassware and items related to secret laboratories", the police also said that they found pentaerythritol tetranitrate, nickel hydrazine nitrate and picric acid, which are highly explosive. McLure also told the police that he had ammonium nitrate, a chemical that can also be used to make explosives.
According to police documents, the possession of these unstable compounds in residential apartment buildings may lead to a "catastrophic explosion", endangering the lives and property of the whole community.
The lack of proper ventilation in the home laboratory also means that smoke alone can cause fatal injury to other residents of the apartment building.
When asked why he had all the explosives and military grade bomb making materials, McClure reportedly told investigators that he was preparing for the "end of the world" to "protect himself".
According to reports, McClure admitted to the police that he knew it was dangerous for his neighbors to put the volatile chemical at home.
McClure admitted to the police that he knew that as a felony, it was illegal to have guns and other weapons. He had two convictions for drunk driving and two convictions related to making terrorist threats in 2005 and 2010.
The local police initially learned about McClure's suspicious activities through investigators of the U.S. Department of homeland security, who told the police that he had been receiving e-mails of items that might be related to bomb making.
Middletown public safety director William Baldwin told the media that these charges had been filed at the state level, but might be moved to the federal court.