Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Attempting to Commit an Attack at a Toledo-Area Synagogue yumanewsnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yumanewsnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UpdatedWed, May 19, 2021 at 9:42 am ET
Reply
An Ohio man pleaded guilty to pledging support for ISIS and plotting attacks in Ohio, the Department of Justice announced this week. (Shutterstock)
CLEVELAND An Ohio man pleaded guilty this week to plotting a hate crime and planning an attack on a Toledo-area synagogue, the Department of Justice announced.
Damon Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, 23, from Holland, pleaded guilty to providing material support for ISIS and plotting attacks in Ohio. He will be sentenced Sept. 14 and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. This investigation highlights the continued threat of violence to our communities posed by ISIS-inspired terrorists – in this case, at a place of worship. With today s plea, we will be one step closer to seeing justice served, said Acting Assistant Director Patrick Reddan, Jr. of the FBI s Counterterrorism Division.
Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS Published: 14 May 2021 14 May 2021
Washington, DC - A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS.
Zachary Clark, aka Umar Kabir, Umar Shishani and Abu Talha, 42, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty in August 2020 to one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, ISIS.
“Today’s 20-year sentence recognizes the gravity of Clark’s conduct, including his calls for other ISIS supporters to carry out lone wolf terrorist attacks in New York City,” said Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the Justice Department’s National Security Division. “Having pledged allegiance to ISIS, Clark provided others with specific instructions on knifing and bomb-making for use in such attacks. We remain vigilant to the thr
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for ISIS-inspired Bombing in New York City Subway Station in 2017
Posted on
WASHINGTON – A New York man was sentenced today to life in prison for detonating a bomb in a New York City subway station. He admitted that he conducted the terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Akayed Ullah, 31, of Brooklyn, New York, and a lawful permanent resident of Bangladesh, was convicted by a federal jury of offenses related to the detonation and attempted detonation of a bomb in a subway station near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on Dec. 11, 2017. According to court documents, on Dec. 11, 2017, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Ullah detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his chest in a subway station near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. Shortly after the blast, first responders located Ullah lying on the ground in the station where he had d