A 28-year-old Muslim man in Texas has been detained and charged by federal authorities for allegedly attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
Anas Said was apprehended in Houston last week after the FBI executed search warrants on his residence, vehicle, and electronic devices.
Said is subject to a maximum of 20 years in federal incarceration and a maximum of $250,000 in fines if convicted.
#BREAKING FBI Houston SAC Douglas Williams announces the arrest of 28-year-old Anas Said. He is accused of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, and, by his own admission, planning a #terrorist attack on U.S. soil – all from his apartment in far west Houston. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/o8TnNwRkLn
— FBI Houston (@FBIHouston) November 14, 2024
Balemar Zuniga, his counsel, downplayed the charges and the assertion that his client was preparing an attack.
Nevertheless, the FBI reported that the suspect, upon being apprehended, had confessed to researching the methods of conducting an attack on local military recruiting centers, offering his residence as a safe haven for ISIS operatives, boasting that he would carry out a “9/11-style” attack if he had the means, and attempting to create ISIS propaganda.
Around 2015, he and his family allegedly began supporting ISIS upon their return to the United States from Lebanon.
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