Monday, April 6, a resident of Tennessee, was arrested on charges of terrorism after authorities said he intentionally coughed on customers of Walmart, shouting that he was sick with coronavirus COVID-19.
«That could be a joke for one person, became an alarming threat for several others» — said the district attorney in Tennessee Matthew Stowe.
Man indicted in a terrorist act, criminal negligence, and disorderly conduct. It is not known whether the suspect is a deadly virus.
This incident was the latest in a series of arrests related to the coronavirus and threats in stores across the country.
In Missouri last week, the 33-year-old John Sweller coughing buyers in the Dollar store and wrote the word «COVID» on the refrigerator door after he breathed on it.
In Texas, officials are searching for 18-year-old suspect, who at the weekend posted a series of videos on Snapchat, claiming that it «deliberately spreading» the coronavirus across the state.
District attorney Matthew Stowe stated that COVID-19 has been classified as means of biological warfare, and anyone who intentionally spreads it, commits a «terrorist act».
