our second story outfront, a terror suspect busted in north carolina. tonight that 29-year-old man behind bars accused of trying to join al qaeda. now, a group linked to al qaeda specifically that has claimed responsibility for hundreds of terrorist attacks, chris lawrence is outfront. and chris, what have you learned about this guy? reporter: well, erin this, criminal complaint just unsealed today reveals the man is called basit sheik. a 29-year-old north carolina permanent resident of the united states. and it alleges that he was trying to provide material support to the al nusra front. the radical islamic group fighting in syria to overthrow bashar al assad. the criminal complaint says he was arrested at a raleigh airport just a few weeks ago. he was planning to go to lebanon and from there go to syria. now, prosecutors say basically that what happened was he had
our second story outfront, a terror suspect busted in north carolina. tonight that 29-year-old man behind bars accused of trying to join al qaeda. now, a group linked to al qaeda specifically that has claimed responsibility for hundreds of terrorist attacks, chris lawrence is outfront. and chris, what have you learned about this guy? reporter: weller , erin this criminal complaint just unsealed today reveals the man is called basit sheik. a 29-year-old north carolina permanent resident of the united states. and it alleges that he was trying to provide material support to the al nusra front. the radical islamic group fighting in syria to overthrow bashar al assad. the criminal complaint says he was arrested at a raleigh airport just a few weeks ago. he was planning to go to lebanon