A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a…
The FBI began investigating Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan after the Fairfax County Police Department shared an anonymous tip he was engaging in"radical and terrorist-leaning behavior" on social mediaA George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI this week and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after prosecutors say he plotted a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York.
In those messages, Hassan shared pro-ISIS propaganda, videos that called for the killing of Jews, and videos explaining how to make bombs, prosecutors said. He also advocated for attacks on government buildings, court documents allege. All of those actions are violations of U.S. laws against distributing information related to"explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction in furtherance of the commission of a federal crime of violence," and"first-degree murder of internationally protected persons," court documents say.Many students first learned about the arrest through a GMU statement, emailed to the campus on Thursday night, a few days after Hassan's charges became public.
The statement assured students that the university would protect their safety, and laid out safety measures taken to"form a protective web around the university."
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