{"id":19598,"date":"2015-04-10T15:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T20:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=19598"},"modified":"2015-04-10T16:23:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:23:39","slug":"dad-glad-no-one-hurt-after-son-arrested-at-military-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=19598","title":{"rendered":"Dad: Glad no one hurt after son arrested at military base"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) \u2014 The father of a 20-year-old man accused of planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley says he’s glad authorities arrested his son and no one was hurt.<\/p>\n

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Federal prosecutors say John Booker Jr. was arrested Friday while trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb near the Kansas military base. He’s being held on federal charges.<\/p>\n

His father, John Booker Sr., told The Associated Press that his son moved out of the family’s Topeka home after high-school graduation. He’s spoken to him four times in the last year.<\/p>\n

He says he and his wife are Christian, and he doesn’t know whether his son was Muslim.<\/p>\n

The elder Booker says he’s an Army veteran and he did everything a father should do. He says once children turn 18, “parents have no control.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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