The FBI announces the arrest of a 21-year-old Ohio man on terrorism charges plotting to attack two synagogues in the city of Toledo.
According to the Department of Justice, Damon M. Joseph was arrested on Thursday after acquiring 2 AR-15 rifles. He has been charged with one count of attempting to provide material support for the Islamic State jihadist group.
The affidavit filed in US District Court in Toledo said Joseph was inspired by the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting attack in October that killed 11 Jewish worshipers.
Earlier in December, Joseph told an undercover FBI agent that he was identifying synagogues in the Toldeo area to carry out a mass-shooting attack in the name of the Islamic State. He told the undercover agent that Jews were evil, and that the Tree of Life Synagogue victims “got what was coming to them.”
“I admire what the guy did with the shooting actually,” Joseph wrote to the agent in one communication. “I can see myself carrying out this type of operation inshallah. They wouldn’t even [an attack] expect in my area…”
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