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US justice department charges five men over alleged plot to attack White House UFC event

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Security at the White House on 13 June 2026, in Washington DC. Photograph: Allison Robbert/AP

Law enforcement officials disrupted an attempt to attack the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fighting event staged at the White House on Sunday with guns and explosive-laden drones, and multiple people were in custody, federal US authorities said.

The Department of Justice charged five men over an alleged plot to carry out an attack to kill government officials and others attendees at the “UFC Freedom 250” event on Sunday.

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