Prosecutors say two people who lived in a New Mexico compound that trained children to carry out mass shootings intended to attack Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Here are six things to know:
1. Details about the planned attack surfaced as prosecutors moved to revoke the suspects' bonds. The case, infused with allegations of abuse and terrorism, is brought against five adults who lived with 11 starving children at a New Mexico compound.
2. Several children who had been held captive at the compound told prosecutors that two individuals, Jany Leveille and her partner Siraj Wahhaj, were working on plans to attack the hospital, among other "corrupt" institutions in Atlanta.
3. Leveille allegedly complained about the treatment she and her mother had received at the hospital and planned to "shoot or otherwise attack the nonbeliever," according to CNN. There were no details released about the treatment the two women received.
4. Leveille and Mr. Wahhaj have been charged with child abuse resulting in death and conspiracy to commit child abuse after the body of 3-year-old Abdul Ghani Wahhaj was found in the compound Aug. 6. The couple and the three other adults living on the compound Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhannah Wahhaj, and Lucas Morten have been charged with 11 felony counts of child abuse, according to CNN.
5. Also included in the prosecutor's motion to revoke the suspects' bonds was a document they found at the compound titled, "Phases of a Terrorist Attack. " The handwritten document included "instructions for 'the one-time terrorist'; instructions on the use of a 'choke point'; a location 'called the ideal attack site'; the 'ability to defend the safe haven,'; the 'ability to escape-perimeter rings'; and 'sniper position detection procedure,'" according to a court filing obtained by
6. Leveille, and possibly other defendants, may suffer from delusions, and they have a history of harming children, the AJC reported.