Terror Suspect Captured in Massachusetts

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Tarek Mehanna, a 27-year old man residing in Sudbury, Massachusetts, was arrested on federal terrorism charges this morning.  Mehanna was allegedly planning terror attacks on politicians and a shopping mall.  Much like the arrest of Najubullah Zazi and associates, Mehanna never got close to carrying out said attacks; federal investigators were on him from the beginning:

A Sudbury, Mass., man was arrested Wednesday on federal terrorism-related charges and accused of planning attacks inside and outside the United States, including an attack that targeted a shopping mall, WCVB-TV in Boston reported.

Tarek Mehanna, 27, was taken into custody at his Sudbury home, according to acting U.S. Attorney General Michael K. Loucks.

Beginning in 2001 and continuing through 2008, Mehanna conspired with Ahmad Abousamra and others to provide material support and resources to terrorists to “kill, kidnap, maim or injure” people, including prominent U.S. politicians, according to a criminal complaint.

Loucks said that Mehanna was involved with co-conspirators in a plan that targeted two members of the executive branch and a planned attack on a U.S. shopping mall.

“The killing of citizens was considered OK by the conspirators because citizens are taxpayers,” Loucks said.

 

Officials said Mehanna and the co-conspirators had multiple conversations about a mall attack, including discussions about coordination, weapons needed and the possibility of attacking emergency responders. A Sudbury, Mass., man was arrested Wednesday on federal terrorism-related charges and accused of planning attacks inside and outside the United States, including an attack that targeted a shopping mall, WCVB-TV in Boston reported.

 

Tarek Mehanna, 27, was taken into custody at his Sudbury home, according to acting U.S. Attorney General Michael K. Loucks.

 

Beginning in 2001 and continuing through 2008, Mehanna conspired with Ahmad Abousamra and others to provide material support and resources to terrorists to “kill, kidnap, maim or injure” people, including prominent U.S. politicians, according to a criminal complaint.

 

Loucks said that Mehanna was involved with co-conspirators in a plan that targeted two members of the executive branch and a planned attack on a U.S. shopping mall.

 

“The killing of citizens was considered OK by the conspirators because citizens are taxpayers,” Loucks said.

 

Officials said Mehanna and the co-conspirators had multiple conversations about a mall attack, including discussions about coordination, weapons needed and the possibility of attacking emergency responders.