2 Oregon Occupiers Confirm They’ll Turn Themselves In Thursday

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Two of the remaining occupiers at the Oregon wildlife refuge, husband and wife duo Sean and Sandy Anderson, confirmed on social media that they still plan to turn themselves in to federal authorities on Thursday morning.

“It’s a very said day for me as we plan to turn ourselves over to the very people we fought so hard against,” Sandy Anderson wrote in a Facebook post, first reported by The Oregonian.

Sean Anderson wrote on his Facebook page that the occupation was coming “to an end,” according to The Oregonian.

The other militiamen remaining at the refuge are David Fry and Jeff Banta.

Sean Anderson wrote on Facebook that they will only surrender to authorities if they are accompanied by Nevada state lawmaker Michelle Fiore and the Rev. Franklin Graham, both of whom were on the phone with those remaining at the refuge Wednesday night, according to The Oregonian.

The FBI surrounded the occupiers’ encampment at the wildlife refuge on Wednesday night. Following tense negotiations, the four remaining members of the militia agreed to turn themselves in to authorities.

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