Man charged with planning an attack on New York Stock exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (AP/Peter Morgan)

A man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the US government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI.

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempting to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce.