WHEATON, Ailing. – A Lombard teen has been charged with plotting to commit a terrorist act at a Glendale Heights Islamic Middle, in response to DuPage State’s Lawyer’s Workplace.
What we all know:
Based on court docket paperwork, the teenager entered the Islamic Schooling Middle in Glendale Heights and recorded non secular companies to find out the place to detonate an explosive. Additionally, on July 12, the minor allegedly hid a handgun on his individual.
The 16-year-old male was charged with one rely of illegal possession of a firearm and one rely of tried terrorism. He has been detained till his subsequent court docket look.
What they’re saying:
“An tried act of terrorism, as alleged on this case, achieves the identical objectives of spreading concern, dividing our communities and undermining the rule of regulation, as does an act of terrorism,” DuPage County State’s Lawyer Robert Berlin mentioned. “The allegations in opposition to this juvenile are extraordinarily severe and won’t be tolerated in DuPage County.”
“By unbelievable regulation enforcement effort and coordination, a violent terrorist assault on American soil was thwarted,” mentioned Andrew S. Boutros, United States Lawyer for the Northern District of Illinois.
What’s subsequent:
The subsequent court docket date is scheduled for Aug. 4.
The Supply: Particulars for this story have been offered by the DuPage County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace.
