The United States said on Monday that it had arrested a 19-year-old American at a Chicago airport as he attempted to leave the country to join Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) miltants fighting in the Middle East.
Mohammed Hamzah Khan, who arrived at O'Hare International Airport on Saturday with a roundtrip ticket to Istanbul, was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, the Justice Department said.
Law enforcement agents who searched Khan's home in the southwest Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook said they had found multiple handwritten letters by Khan and others expressing support for the ISIS group, including travel plans and references to ISIS and jihad.
His ticket, which was purchased in in late September, had a return date for later this week, the Justice Department said. Authorities said the investigation was still ongoing.
Mohammed Hamzah Khan, who arrived at O'Hare International Airport on Saturday with a roundtrip ticket to Istanbul, was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, the Justice Department said.
Law enforcement agents who searched Khan's home in the southwest Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook said they had found multiple handwritten letters by Khan and others expressing support for the ISIS group, including travel plans and references to ISIS and jihad.
His ticket, which was purchased in in late September, had a return date for later this week, the Justice Department said. Authorities said the investigation was still ongoing.
