Jordanian, Sohaib Abuayyash, Arrested In Houston Planned Attack On Jews

 

Sohaib Abuayyash, a Jordanian National in the United States on a Non-Immigration Visa was Arrested by Federal Agents in Houston, Texas recently due to Evidence that he was possibly Planning a Terrorist Attack against Jewish Communities in the Area;

Abuayyah had been on the “Radar” of the FBI since August after several Videos of him Shooting Firearms including Semi-Auto Rifles at Gun Ranges appeared Online, they later found out he had also been Viewing Material which had been Posted by Terrorist Groups showing how to Construct Bombs or other Explosive Devices. 

The Arrest finally made by the FBI in Late October was for the “Unlawful Possession of Firearms” which Abuayyah is not allowed to have as a Non-Citizen and was due to mounting Evidence that he had been in Direct Contact with others who share a Radical
mindset, has been conducting Physical Training and has Trained with Weapons to possibly commit an Attack.

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Jordanian arrested in Houston made statements supporting killing individuals of particular faiths, judge’s order says

CNN — A Jordanian man arrested last month in Houston on a federal firearm possession charge had spoken of “martyrdom,” a federal judge said in a court order, and was “plotting to attack a Jewish gathering,” a law enforcement source told CNN.

Sohaib Abuayyash, 20, who is in the United States on an expired nonimmigrant visa, made “statements to others that support the killing of individuals of particular religious faiths,” and “referenced an event in Houston for members of a particular religious group,” according to a federal court judge who ordered the man be detained pending trial.

Details, including the specific target, time or place for the gathering, were not immediately clear in the court documents. 

The arrest comes at a time when the country is seeing an increase in tense rhetoric and protests around the war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, with the head of the FBI warning that antisemitism in the country is reaching “historic levels.”

The FBI began investigating Abuayyash in August after agents conducting “open-source research” saw video of him firing multiple firearms, including AR-style rifles, on sociial media, according to a redacted probable cause affidavit filed on October 19 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Abuayyash applied for asylum in the US after his nonimmigrant visa expired in 2019, according to the affidavit. He’s authorized to work in the US until August 2025, and is not allowed to “possess or use firearms or ammunition,” it states.

The affidavit also says Abuayyash “has been in direct contact with others who share a radical mindset, has been conducting physical training, and has trained with weapons to possibly commit an attack.”

The affidavit provides little detail on the investigation into Abuayyash.

But in an order of detention pending trial document filed on October 24, US Magistrate Judge Christina A. Bryan wrote that Abuayyash “has viewed specific and detailed content posted by radical organizations on the internet including lessons on how to construct bombs or explosive devices; and that Defendant has made statements to others that support the killing of individuals of particular religious faiths.”

“In his communications with another individual about martyrdom, the Defendant referenced an event in Houston for members of a particular religious group,” the judge said.

Abuayyash was “plotting to attack a Jewish gathering,” a law enforcement source told CNN.

Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the FBI’s 56 field offices have been “leveraging every tool at our disposal to protect the American people from extremist violence,” one senior FBI official told CNN’s Josh Campbell last month, including by “monitoring sensitive collection.”

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