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Matrix teenagers 'caught moments before rampage'

Three teenagers with a Matrix fixation have been arrested with an arsenal of weapons, that police say they were about to use to kill "as many people as possible."

Police have revealed they were captured wearing trenchcoats like their hero in The Matrix sci-fi films, and a motorist they tried to hijack said: "These guys were ready for a war."

The three, aged 18, 15 and 14, had been planning to carry out multiple murders since early this year, according to New Jersey police chief Christopher Ferrari. He added they planned on not being taken alive.

Matthew Lovett, 18, was among those arrested. The others were not named. Police say Lovett imagined an almost supernatural aura around himself, sometimes referring to himself as The Mystic, The One.

Police say the New Jersey trio were planning to randomly kill in the streets, but that the plot was uncovered as the they set out armed with rifles, handguns, swords and knifes.

They stumbled at the first hurdle when an attempt to hijack a motorist failed and he went to the police.

Oaklyn police chief Ferrari said the three were about to start the killings. He said each was armed with a high powered rifle or shotgun, and that they had handguns with more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

"They kind of had that Matrix thing going on," Anthony Tesman, 16, of Oaklyn said of the suspects. "They would wear black glasses and slick their hair back."

Ferrari said three of the targets were fellow students at the elementary-middle school, and that the next group of victims were to be chosen at random. He said the three "indicated they had previous problems with students at Oaklyn Public School, and potential targets were students (there)."

"These individuals were planning on killing as many people as possible in a short time and creating widespread hysteria," he said. All three have been charged with attempted murder, attempted carjacking and weapons offences.

Lovett, who is accused of pointing a gun at the officer who arrested him, was also charged with aggravated assault. Prosecutor Sarubbi said the weapons seized belonged to Lovett's father and were legal.

© Associated Press


Story filed: 12:16 Monday 7th July 2003

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