Tampa Man Indicted On Charges Of Planning ISIS Terrorist Attack…(These People Are All Over The Country!)

Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari said he wanted to kill more people than Pulse nightclub mass shooter Omar Mateen: FBI

By D’Ann Lawrence White
Patch.com
Jun 26, 2020

The FBI said Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari told informants he wanted to kill more people than Pulse nightclub mass shooter Omar Mateen. (Pinellas Sheriff)

TAMPA, FL — A federal grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old Tampa man accused of purchasing guns and bomb-making materials and planning terrorist attacks at various locations in Tampa Bay on behalf of ISIS.

United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced the return of the indictment against Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari in the U.S. Courthouse in Tampa Friday.

On May 27, Al-Azhari was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and violations of the National Firearms Act.

The charges were handed down after the FBI, Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies concluded an extensive investigation in which they discovered chat room conversations and emails in which Al-Azhari discussed carrying out mass shootings and bombings. The U.S. Justice Department said Al-Azhari researched and scouted such targets as Honeymoon Island in Dunedin, the Tampa FBI field office, Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa and the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa where he told one informant he hoped to kill more people than Omar Mateen did at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando June 12, 2016.

Two days after the charges were announced, Al-Azhari’s 22-year-old sister, Heba Momtaz Al-Azhari, was shot to death after she attacked a Temple Terrace Police officer with a knife.

According to family members, she was distraught after learning about the charges against her brother.

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