The FBI arrested a man accused of planning a massive shooting at a military base in Warren, state of Mistchigan (United States), on behalf of the Islamic State (EI), the American research and intelligence agency announced Thursday.
Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, from Melvindale and former member of the National Guard of the Army of Mischigan, is accused of trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and distributing information related to a destructive device. The Department of Justice was congratulated in a statement to have dismantled the attack before lives were lost.
“We will not hesitate to deploy all the strength of the department to find and process those who try to harm our men and women in the armed forces and to protect all Americans,” said Sue J. Bai, head of the National Security Division in said Cabinet.
According to the complaint, Said informed two undercover agents of a plan that he had devised to carry out A massive shooting In the facilities of the tank command, automotive and weapons (TACOM) of the army in the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mistchigan.
Last month, the two agents agreed to Said’s proposal to execute the plan on behalf of the IS. In response, the detainee provided material assistance, including the supply of ammunition and loaders, and operational, flying his drone on Tacom to perform operational recognition.
In addition, he participated in the training of agents for the management of firearms and the manufacture of Molotov cocktails. The young man also took care of details about How to enter Tacom and what building attack. On May 13, the planned day of the attack, Said was arrested after traveling to an area near Tacom and launching his drone to support the plan.
Said It faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail For each position in case of being guilty and this Thursday appears before the court, where the Prosecutor’s Office will ask the Court to keep it in pretrial detention for its “danger for the community and the risk of escape.”
