Alleged white supremacist charged with drone plot against Nashville power plant

Skyler Philippi, 24, arrested on charges of attempting to use weapon of mass destruction and targeting an energy facility

A white supremacist plotted to attack a power substation in Nashville, Tennessee, with an explosives-loaded drone, federal authorities alleged on Monday while announcing his arrest.

Skyler Philippi, 24, was arrested on 2 November on charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility. Authorities claim that Philippi’s plot was rooted in his “accelerationism”, or the white supremacist belief that “the existing state of society is irreparable and that the only solution is the destruction and collapse of the ‘system’”, according to court documents.

The Associated Press contributed reporting