State and federal authorities on Monday accused a 17-year-old in Philadelphia of buying and testing bomb-making materials in support a foreign terrorist group.
A 17-year-old from West Philadelphia has been charged with buying and testing bomb-making materials in support of a foreign terrorist group, state and federal authorities announced Monday.
The teen faces state felony charges including possessing weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy, arson and causing or risking a catastrophe.Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said his office was required by law to charge the teen in juvenile court, but that prosecutors would seek to move his case into the adult system.
Although Krasner and the FBI announced the case at a news conference Monday, they kept many of the details of their investigation and the teen at its center under wraps, citing his age and the ongoing nature of the probe. Prosecutors said they found that the teen’s Instagram account had communicated with a KTJ account in March and April 2023. And his WhatsApp account displayed a banner associated with two terrorist groups: First, the Chechnya-based Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyrs’ Brigade, and later an image connected to ISIS.
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