(Detroit News) A Westland man accused of trying to provide material support to the Islamic State terrorist group and possessing a destructive device was convicted of all charges Tuesday after a month-long trial.
The verdict in a rare federal terrorism case in front of U.S. District Judge Jonathan Grey followed deliberations that spanned parts of two days and came three years after the gas station employee and native of Iraq was indicted in federal court in Detroit.
The indictment portrayed [Aws Mohammed] Naser, 37, as a lone wolf bombmaker and accused him of bragging about his role in the killing of a Christian gold merchant, repeatedly trying to travel overseas to join the jihadist group and building a bomb in the basement of his suburban Detroit home.
