FBI: Man wanted to fight for Islamic State; torture American
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The FBI says a South Carolina man arrested as he tried to get on a plane to the Middle East to go and fight for the Islamic State told an undercover agent he wanted to torture an American.
A grand jury indicted Zakaryia Abdin on Tuesday on a charge of providing material support to a terrorist organization.
A sworn statement from the FBI says the 18-year-old man talked on social media to what he thought was an Islamic State recruiter but was an undercover agent.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The FBI says Abdin praised the man who killed 49 people last year in a terror attack at a Florida nightclub, suggesting he could also attack a U.S. site.
Abdin was arrested March 30.
Court records did not list an attorney.