Kenyan indicted for plotting 9/11 inspired attack

A Kenyan close to radical Somali Islamists Shebab, arrested in 2019 in the Philippines, was transferred Tuesday to the United States announced Wednesday the American justice, which accuses him of having prepared an attack aimed at crashing a plane on a building, as for the September 11 attacks.

According to Manhattan Federal Prosecutor Audrey Strauss Cholo Abdi Abdullah who was acting on the orders of the leadership of Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebabs had trained to fly in the Philippines with a view to hijacking an airliner and crashing it. on an American building.

Prosecutor said on Wednesday, this chilling return to the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 is a powerful reminder that terrorist groups like the Shebab continue to want to kill American citizens and attack the United States.

Mr. Abdullah, who was transferred to the United States on Tuesday was due to appear before a New York judge on Wednesday. He arrived in the Philippines in 2016, where he took flying lessons from 2017 to 2019, until he got his license. During his training, he learned about the safety of the devices and how to force the access door to the cockpit, according to the statement. He also inquired about the tallest building in a large American city added the prosecutor's office without specifying which city or building he was targeting or whether a date had been set for the attack.

During the September 11 attacks, hijackers trained at American aviation schools took control of airliners crushing two of them on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. In New York, Mr. Abdullah, 30 will face six terrorism related charges including conspiracy to assassinate American citizens conspiracy to destroy a plane and conspiracy to carry out cross-border attacks.