Federal prosecutors have indicted a man who allegedly tried to join ISIS, inspired by the New Orleans New Year’s massacre.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced terrorist accusations against Abdi Satar Ahmed Hassan in Minneapolis on Friday press releasehe said he tried to travel to Somalia in December to become an ISIS extremist. The DOJ said it “praises” ISIS follower Shamzd Dinjabal for the January 1 attack that killed 15 people on January 1, and reinforced past concerns that the attack would inspire imitation mimic extremists.

“On February 21, Hassan posted a video of himself driving while holding a small ISIS flag inside his car and another video of him driving with an open knife in his lap,” the DOJ said after an investigation into Hassan’s social media post. “On February 26th, the FBI observed Hassan driving while holding the ISIS flag again.”

Jabber similarly drove trucks with flags of Islamic groups stored inside as he ploughed the vehicle into a crowd of victims before losing his life in a shootout with police.

A Minneapolis man has been arrested for trying to provide material support to ISIS

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– US Department of Justice, National Security Agency (@dojnatsec) February 28, 2025

The DOJ claimed that Hassan had failed to travel while carrying the certificate of naturalization. In other words, he was born outside the United States and gained citizenship. The agency did not say why the trip was a failure.

Hassan is accused of trying to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations. Bring it Up to 20 years in prison. (Related: The report reveals why the State Department thought it was okay to pay Taliban taxpayers’ money.)

The Daily Caller News Foundation has failed to find Hassan’s case regarding the federal court database, and it is not clear whether he has an attorney.

FBI and the Department of Homeland Security A warning has been announced January, “Because of the enduring appeal of vehicles’ charges as a tactic to motivate violent extremist attacks,” on the “possibility of imitation or retaliation attacks” after the New Year’s Massacre. They asked, “The public remains vigilant.”

The New Year’s attacks by rebels in December and the overthrow of Syria’s Assad regime have sparked concerns that ISIS activity could be on the rise. Federation General Report of Inspector ISIS said it “used Syrian electricity vacuum to acquire several volumes of weapons and supplies from supply depots abandoned by the regime forces.”

DOJ charged a Tajik man on Wednesday Send funds To a terrorist group.

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