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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson and Steven Morris

Man obsessed with mass killings guilty of plotting Somerset school attack

Reed Wischhusen
Reed Wischhusen had previously pleaded guilty to a number of firearms possession charges. Photograph: Handout

A warehouse worker obsessed with mass killings has been convicted of plotting to carry out “revenge” attacks at his old primary school, a police headquarters and his workplace.

Reed Wischhusen, 32, was found guilty by a jury of having an explosive substance with intent to endanger life, possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, possessing ammunition with intent to endanger life and possessing a prohibited firearm without a certificate.

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