Arizona teenager arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly plotting against Phoenix Pride Festival

A grand jury in Arizona has indicted a teenager who they say planned a terrorist attack on the Phoenix Pride parade earlier this month.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office said 17-year-old Marvin Aneer Jalo was arrested on terrorism charges and will be charged as an adult.

The indictment alleges that Jalo “intentionally or knowingly advised, assisted, directed, or directed an act of terrorism to further the objectives, desires, intentions, public statements, manifestos, or political objectives of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ).” ), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.”

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“The defendant is currently being held on a $1 million cash bond,” part of the law firm’s statement read.

According to authorities, Jalo was planning an attack on the Phoenix Pride Festival.

“The investigation revealed that between November 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024, Marvin Jalo participated in online chat rooms in which he discussed the supplies necessary to make an improvised explosive device, and then had those supplies delivered to him. “He discussed his intention to produce TATP (triacetone triperoxide), an unstable explosive that can eject shrapnel and other dangerous objects, causing serious injury or death to people in the area,” part of the MCAO statement reads. Explanation.

Prosecutors added that Jalo “posted various videos of himself making the TATP” after receiving the ingredients for the explosives in late November 2023, while “continuing to indicate a desire to use these explosives.” .

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Jalo reportedly planned to use a drone to deliver his explosives to the Phoenix Pride parade. (Jens Büttner/picture Alliance via Getty Images)

They further said that on Telegram, Jalo had “discussions about making a remote-controlled bomb and attacking various targets, including in New York City.”

Court documents also revealed that Jalo was arrested at his home in Buckeye for an “unrelated incident involving property damage and disorderly conduct.”[domestic violence]” said Fox 10 Phoenix.

The documents further revealed that Jalo's mother told police that she suspected her son had been “talking in chat rooms using his cell phone with other people she described as terrorists and who were conspiring to carry out a possible attack.” had”. “

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Jalo was arrested on terrorism charges and will be tried as an adult, according to a Maricopa County grand jury. (iStock)

“Jalo spoke to police and confirmed that he had spoken to extremists who were actively recruiting him. [Jalo] told police that he needed to gain more knowledge and prepare better before participating in a terrorist attack,” the documents say.

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Prosecutors said Jalo planned to use a “bomb drone” to transport his explosives.

Organizers of the Phoenix Pride Festival say it is “an annual celebratory and educational event commemorating the 'Stonewall Riots,' considered the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.”