A former National Guard soldier was arrested due to an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to carry out a mass shooting at a military base.
Ammar Said, 19, was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and distributing information related to a destructive device, U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. announced. Said faces 20 years in prison for each count if convicted.
He detailed his plans to two undercover law enforcement officers, whom he thought he had enlisted to help carry out his plan on behalf of ISIS, according to the Department of Justice.
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The former National Guardsman allegedly compiled a detailed attack plan targeting the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command facility at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan, according to the department’s
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