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Detroit Terror Suspect Bought Explosives for Attack, Feds Say

December 02, 2016, 12:43 PM


Sebastian Gregerson

Until now, Detroit terror suspect Sebastian Gregerson was under indictment for weapons charges, but not terrorism related ones.

That changed Friday. An amended indictment alleges he bought explosives and planned to use them to kill people in an unspecified attack, Robert Snell writes in The Detroit News. 

The four-count indictment reveals publicly what was alleged in sealed FBI search warrant affidavits obtained in September, the paper reports: 

The indictment, however, does not repeat allegations that a Maryland imam being investigated by the FBI financed part of Gregerson’s weapons arsenal of grenades AK-47s, handguns, rifles, a shotgun and thousands of rounds of ammunition. In the sealed affidavits, an FBI counter-terrorism investigator said agents believed Gregerson and Maryland Imam Suleiman Bengharsa were plotting violent jihad.

The indictment adds two new charges, including receipt of explosive materials with intent to harm — a 10-year felony.

He was initially indicted in August. 

The full indictment is here.


Read more:  The Detroit News


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