Foiled Suicide Plot Against Capitol Hatched in Alexandria, Arlington
Federal officials executed search warrants on South Randolph Street on Friday following the arrest of 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi.
A 29-year-old immigrant from Morocco who was in the United States illegally was arrested Friday as he was on his way into the U.S. Capitol to shoot people and detonate a suicide bomb, according to federal documents. Amine El Khalifi of Alexandria was charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property that is owned and used by the United States. El Khalifi believed he would be acting on behalf of al-Qaida, and on Jan. 15 changed his original plan to attack a restaurant frequented by high-ranking military officers to martyrdom at the U.S. Capitol, according to federal documents. “This individual allegedly followed a twisted, radical ideology that is not representative of the Muslim community …
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