A 23-year-old from New Jersey of USAwho was arrested a few days ago in Kenya, accused of trying to strengthen the jihadist organization al-Shabaabas announced by the US Department of Justice, pointing out that the arrestee was inspired by the attack launched by Hamas on October 7 in Israel.
The case came to light amid increasing incidents linked to anti-Semitism or Islamophobia, against the backdrop of war between Israel and Hamas. In early December, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the terrorist threat level in the US was particularly high – as if he was seeing “lights flashing everywhere”, as he said.
Karim Nasr, an American citizen who moved from New Jersey, USA to Egypt in July, was arrested on December 14 in Nairobi, Kenya. He was extradited Thursday to the United States, according to the US Department of Justice.
The 23-year-old charged with “attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” facing up to 20 years in prison, according to prosecutors. The US has included the jihadist group al-Shabaab in the list of terrorist organizations.
“Karim Nasr, spurred on by the heinous terrorist attack launched by Hamas on October 7, committed himself to waging jihad against America and its allies”prosecutor Damian Williams reports.
According to FBI sources and online postings, Nasr had said he had been considering committing to jihad for a long time, but was particularly encouraged after the October 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel.
As it became known from the US Department of Justice, Nasr took actions with the aim of being trained by members of al-Shabaab in Kenya and then traveling to Somalia to join the jihadist organization. But he was arrested by the Kenyan authorities and extradited to the United States.
Source: News Beast
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