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| American man indicted on charge of trying to join and help Isis | American man indicted on charge of trying to join and help Isis |
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| A federal grand jury indicted a 19-year-old American for trying to travel overseas to join Islamic State militants operating in Syria and Iraq, the Justice Department said on Friday. | A federal grand jury indicted a 19-year-old American for trying to travel overseas to join Islamic State militants operating in Syria and Iraq, the Justice Department said on Friday. |
| Mohammed Hamzah Khan of Bolingbrook, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, was charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State (Isis) in a single-count indictment returned late Thursday, the department said in a statement. | Mohammed Hamzah Khan of Bolingbrook, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, was charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State (Isis) in a single-count indictment returned late Thursday, the department said in a statement. |
| He was arrested in October 2014 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as he tried to board a plane to Vienna en route to Istanbul with his 17-year-old sister and 16-year-old brother. | He was arrested in October 2014 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as he tried to board a plane to Vienna en route to Istanbul with his 17-year-old sister and 16-year-old brother. |
| A date for Khan’s arraignment in US district court in Chicago has not been determined, the department said. | |
| Attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. |