Teenager arrested for trying to flee US to join ISIS

October 07, 2014 10:21

An American teenager has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after he allegedly tried to travel to Turkey to join the Islamic State terror group, officials said.

Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, a US citizen, was arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on October 4 before he attempted to fly to Vienna, Austria, on his way to Turkey.

He was charged in a criminal complaint filed in US District Court with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

He appeared in the US District Court in Chicago and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing on Thursday.

According to FDI, law enforcement agents observed Khan passing through the security screening checkpoint at OHares international terminal.

Federal agents then executed a search warrant at Khan's residence and recovered multiple handwritten documents that appeared to be drafted by Khan and/or others, which expressed support for ISIL, the affidavit alleges.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

'Come back and face probe': Uncle HDK to Prajwal

"...I would appeal to him (Prajwal Revanna) to come back to Karnataka and face this investigation... If you have not done anything then why are you afraid, why did you run away? You have to face this situation," Kumaraswamy told a...

1 arrested for 'attack' on Kanhaiya Kumar, hunt on for others

The police said the accused, Ajay Kumar, was arrested from his residence in New Usmanpur, the area where the incident occurred, adding that efforts are on to round up the other accused in the case.

Father of teen who mowed down two people with Porsche held

Police have detained the father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car accident that killed two persons in Maharashtra's Pune city, an official said on Tuesday.

ER&D sails get trimmed amid FY25 outlook fog

Indian engineering research and development (ER&D) players, such as Tata Technologies, Tata Elxsi, and Cyient, among others, had a subdued January-March quarter of 2023-24. The outlook for 2024-25 (FY25) also remains unexciting amid...

How To Get A $40K Scholarship To Study In Australia

A total of 28 scholarships are available for Indian students who have applied to a UG or PG programme at the University of Sydney.