Berkeley,
California – Yoon Chul Shin, driving a car covered with politically charged
writing and images on a cross-country mission to “desecrate” temples was
arrested Thursday morning near one of the sites for the Jewish Maccabi Games.
Yoon
Chul Shin, 53, of Berkeley, Calif, was spotted about 9:30 a.m. driving his
radically designed blue Toyota Celica on Roxbury Road near Westhill High
School, where a lacrosse game was being played. The game was part of the JCC
Maccabi Games and ArtsFest, which has drawn thousands from around the world to
Stamford this week for the six-day sports and arts contest.
Officers
pulled Shin over near Temple Beth El and a police bomb-sniffing dog indicated
there was an explosive compound or mixture inside the vehicle. However, the
bomb squad did not find any devices or explosive materials during a more than
two-hour search, Police Chief Jon Fontneau said.
Police
evacuated the temple and closed Roxbury Road during the search.
Shin
posted a video online last month, saying he planned to “desecrate” Jewish
temples during his cross-country journey, according to police.
“Now
I’m on a (expletive) mission all of you Jewish (expletive) will be cleansed
from this (expletive) planet,“ he said in the video, according to police.
The
video was posted to the website dailymotion.com. However, it could not be found
Thursday afternoon on the site.
