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US teen with more than 50 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts arrested
Pennsylvania teen with more than 50 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts who threatened to 'sever' Obama's head in the White House arrested in FBI raid
- Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, is alleged to have run 57 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts
- One account claimed 'it is very easy to arm yourself' in Pennsylvania
- Another account asked about the cost of buying a Yazidi 17-year-old girl
- He has been charged with two counts of providing material support to ISI
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A Pennsylvania teenager who had more than 50 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts and threatened to behead US President Barack Obama inside the White House has been arrested by the FBI.
Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was arrested after federal anti-terror agents raided the $122,000 three-bedroom home he shares with his parents after tracking down the IP address used on his allegedly pro-terror Twitter accounts.
According to documents lodged at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Aziz 'espouses violent jihadist beliefs and is a fervent supporter of a foreign terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant'
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FBI agents raided Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz's home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and recovered ammunition
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Aziz is accused of conspiring with others to travel to Syria to fight with ISIS, while trying to radicalise and recruit others to his cause.
During a raid at his home on November 27, officers recovered 'a tactical-style backpack' in his closet. The bag contained 'five M4-style high-capacity magazines loaded with 5.56 ammunition, a modified kitchen knife with the handle removed'.
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Aziz is accused of boasting online about Pennsylvania's lax firearm laws as it is 'very easy to arm yourself'
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He also allegedly asked online about buying a Yazidi woman as a sex slave.
According to court documents, Aziz enquired as to the cost of Yazidi women and explained he wanted one aged 17.
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It is also alleged that Aziz posted the personal details, including the addresses of 100 US military members online.
The FBI believes that Aziz was in direct contact with ISIS members in the Middle East and passed one suspect, named CC-1 a Turkish phone number which was located close to the Syrian border.
'Law enforcement has confirmed that Aziz shared at least 74 direct messages with the Twitter account of CC-1 and at least 41 direct messages with CC-2 and other ISIL members from May 26, 2015 to May 27, 2015.
Aziz has been charged with two counts of attempting to provide material support to terrorists.
He is due to appear in court next week for a preliminary hearing and his currently being held in custody.
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