Muhammad Masood, 28, was taken into custody at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Thursday by FBI agents.
A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator was arrested Thursday in Minnesota on a terrorism charge, after prosecutors say he told paid FBI informants that he had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry out lone wolf attacks in the United States.
Muhammad Masood, 28, was arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Thursday by FBI agents and was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Prosecutors say Masood was in the U.S. on a work visa. They allege that starting in January,
Masood made several statements to paid informants — whom he believed were members of the Islamic State group — pledging his allegiance to the group and its leader. He also allegedly expressed his desire to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS and a desire to carry out lone wolf attacks in the U.S.
At one point, Masood messaged an informant "there is so much I wanted to do here .. .lon wulf stuff you know ... but I realized I should be on the ground helping brothers sisters kids," according to an FBI affidavit.
Comment: California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a similar order: Where is he getting his numbers? Even the Diamond Princess cruise ship only saw upwards of 20% get the virus, and that was in an enclosed space.
The U.S. has suspended visa services worldwide. Germany says lockdown will happen if people continue socializing: Bavaria, in Germany, has gone into lockdown, however, "shutting down public life almost completely". Paris police are restricting movement and gatherings. Switzerland banned gatherings of more than 5 people (nearly 1000 tested positive there in the last day). Lombardy region in Italy enlisted the military to help enforce their own lockdown. UK police announced their first arrest for breach of quarantine.
European stocks surged after central bank measures were adopted. Germany seized medical supplies headed for Switzerland. Senior Finnish health official Mika Salminen criticized the WHO advisory to test as many people as possible, saying, "We don't understand the WHO's instructions for testing. We can't fully remove the disease from the world anymore. If someone claims that, they don't understand pandemics." Well, it seems to have worked for South Korea...
Spain's official death toll surpassed 1000 (up 235 in the last day). And while China reported no new domestic cases, they are reporting 39 new cases from people coming from abroad. Britain's chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, is self-isolating after his EU counterpart tested positive. A staff member at the IAEA also tested positive.
Illinois has become the latest state to go on "lockdown," with a similar "shelter-in-place" order that was issued in California and New York. Keep in mind it was only 3 days ago that the governor told everyone that it was completely safe to go out and vote in the primary.
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