The FBI has announced the seizure of the biggest stockpile of explosives in its history, which were found in a farmer’s garage alongside an extremist icon on a backpack.

Agents found more than 150 homemade bombs while searching the Virginia home of 36-year-old Brad Spafford after being tipped off by a neighbour that he was hoarding weapons and ammunition.

Authorities said six of the bombs were found in a backpack that had a patch labelled “#nolivesmatter”.

No Lives Matter appears to be a satirical reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, the political campaign that gained international attention after the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

According to US Homeland Security, No Lives Matter adherents believe in conducting targeted attacks and mass killings to spread terror to all those who the group deems “mundane”.