America’s FBI has foiled an alleged Islamist militant inspired plot to attack the US Capitol in Washington.<br /><br /> A man from Ohio has been arrested after investigators claimed he was researching the construction of pipe bombs and accruing weapons.<br /><br /> Christopher Cornell who is aged 20 and comes from Cincinnati has been charged with attempting to kill a US government officer,according to court documents.<br /><br /> Cornell was apprehended after buying two semi-automatic rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition from a gun store. He had long been under surveillance by the FBI who had been alerted by twitter messages.<br /><br /> Cornell is said to have admitted not being directly authorised by ISIL to launch attacks but had wanted to wage jihad on his own.
