WASHINGTON -- A 22-year-old Army National Guard specialist was arrested by FBI agents at Chicago Midway International Airport on Wednesday night as he was allegedly planning to fly overseas to fight on behalf of the Islamic State, federal authorities announced on Thursday.
Hasan Edmonds, a U.S. citizen, was allegedly working with his cousin Jonas Edmonds, 29, who was arrested on Thursday at his home in Chicago. Both have been charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, and will make their initial appearances in federal court on Thursday afternoon.
The Justice Department said on Thursday that Hasan Edmonds first came to the FBI's attention in late 2014. By early 2015, he was communicating with an undercover agent working for the FBI, according to court documents. They eventually planned that Jonas Edmonds would carry out a terrorist attack after his cousin had left the country. The target, federal authorities said, was the U.S. military facility where Hasan Edmonds had been training.
Jonas Edmonds allegedly asked an FBI undercover agent to assist in the attack, and said they would use his cousin's Army uniforms to carry out the plan.
At one point, when communicating with an undercover agent in February, Hasan Edmonds allegedly wrote, "Honestly we would love to do something like the brother in Paris did," an apparent reference to the attack on the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Hasan Edmonds, a U.S. citizen, was allegedly working with his cousin Jonas Edmonds, 29, who was arrested on Thursday at his home in Chicago. Both have been charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, and will make their initial appearances in federal court on Thursday afternoon.
The Justice Department said on Thursday that Hasan Edmonds first came to the FBI's attention in late 2014. By early 2015, he was communicating with an undercover agent working for the FBI, according to court documents. They eventually planned that Jonas Edmonds would carry out a terrorist attack after his cousin had left the country. The target, federal authorities said, was the U.S. military facility where Hasan Edmonds had been training.
Jonas Edmonds allegedly asked an FBI undercover agent to assist in the attack, and said they would use his cousin's Army uniforms to carry out the plan.
At one point, when communicating with an undercover agent in February, Hasan Edmonds allegedly wrote, "Honestly we would love to do something like the brother in Paris did," an apparent reference to the attack on the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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