Two doomsday preppers ‘planned to build nuclear dirty bomb’

A pair of British doomsday preppers who Austrian police claim had ‘planned to build a nuclear dirty bomb’ were found with a massive arsenal of weapons at their home.

The pair, who have not been named in local media, face up to five years in jail after being charged with nuclear offences following their arrest in Ruden, Carinthia State, Austria, earlier this year.

Detectives say they found materials for making bombs, including the explosive TNT, black powder and ball bearings, as well as detonators, at the property occupied by the men.

Additionally, the authorities say they found a plethora of guns, including military assault rifles, at the house occupied by what is believed to be a cult of people preparing for the end of the world.

The 67-year-old Brits, along with a 29-year-old Austrian co-conspirator, have been charged with conspiring to use ‘a nuclear fuel, a radioactive substance, an explosive’ to create bombs, local media reported.

Read more: Daily Mail