Florida ISIS Man Sentenced for Planning Attack in Tampa … Here’s The Story …
- Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari, 26, of Tampa, Fla., has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
- Al-Azhari had previously spent time in prison in Saudi Arabia for supporting terrorism in Syria before being removed to the U.S.
- In 2020, Al-Azhari began to plan attacks in support of ISIS and scouted locations in the Tampa Bay area for potential targets.
- He was arrested in May 2020, when he attempted to buy guns and a silencer from an undercover FBI agent.
High-Level Member of ISIS Sentenced to Life in Prison for Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization Resulting in Death … Here’s The Story …
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- Mirsad Kandic, 41, of Brooklyn and Kosovo, Serbia, has been sentenced to life in prison for providing material support to ISIS.
- Kandic traveled to Syria in 2013, joined ISIS, and became a fighter, smuggler, and propagandist for the group.
- He recruited foreign fighters, including Jake Bilardi from Australia, who carried out a suicide truck attack in Iraq, killing himself and others. Kandic provided battlefield intelligence, managed money, and smuggled weapons for ISIS.