US EditionLombard Teen Charged with Plotting Terror Attack on Glendale Heights Islamic Center
NELSON, LANCASHIRE, UK, JUL 18 – Muhammad Billal admitted collecting Islamic State propaganda and attempting to illicitly buy a firearm while planning a gun attack and travel to join extremists in Somalia.
- On Friday at the Old Bailey in London, Muhammad Billal, 18, from Nelson, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack.
- Between last April and August, the teen accessed Rumiyah for propaganda use, and obtained an Ethiopian visa to reach Somalia.
- He researched `accessible shooting ranges` and bought chest rigs, and conducted online reconnaissance with an attempted illicit firearm purchase.
- The court remanded Billal into custody until his October 17 hearing at the Old Bailey, with a status date set for August 4, 2025.
- After the report assesses his motives and risk, the court will sentence him at a later date.
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Suburban teen accused of planning terrorist attack at Islamic center
A Lombard teen faces terrorism and weapons charges for allegedly planning a terror attack at the Islamic Education Center in Glendale Heights, authorities announced Friday. Prosecutors charged the unnamed 16-year-old with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of attempted terrorism, according to a news release from the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office. Before a DuPage County judge on Friday, the teen was ordered deta…
Lombard teen allegedly targeted Glendale Heights Islamic center for terror attack
A 16-year-old Lombard boy has been charged with attempting to carry out a terrorist attack targeting an Islamic center in Glendale Heights, prosecutors in DuPage county said.The boy, who appeared in court Thursday, faces one felony count of attempted terrorism and one felony count of unlawful possession of a firearm, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office. A judge ordered the teen held in custody until his next court hearing, w…
Lombard teen charged with plotting terror attack on Glendale Heights Islamic Center
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. (WGN) - A Lombard teen has been charged with plotting to commit an act of terror at a Glendale Heights Islamic Center. The DuPage County State's Attorney's Office said on Friday, July 4, the 16-year-old boy went into the Islamic Education Center, located in the 1200 block of Goodrich Avenue and recorded video of religious services to "assist in preparation for detonating an explosive device at that location." Docs: Wi…
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