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Man with explosives accused of planning UW-Madison campus attack

Posted at 4:14 PM, Feb 20, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-20 17:14:32-05

MADISON — A prosecutor alleges that a man whose Madison apartment contained homemade explosives appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

According to our partners at WISC-TV, Brian Campbell pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless endangerment and possession of improvised explosives.

In Campbell's apartment, police reportedly discovered what was believed to be bomb-making materials.

In addition, Assistant District Attorney John Rice claimed Campbell had searched the internet for instructions on making explosives and drew maps of tunnels on the university's campus.

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