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Report: Four Lodi men detained in possible terror cell
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
(06-07) 22:57 PDT SACRAMENTO, (AP) --
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Federal authorities have detained four men who they believe are linked to al-Qaida terror cell in Lodi, The Sacramento Bee reported on its Web site Tuesday night.
Hamid Hayat, 22, and his father, Umer Hayat, 47, were arrested over the weekend on charges of lying to federal agents and both made a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Sacramento on Tuesday, FBI special agent John Cauthen confirmed to The Associated Press. The two men, who are both U.S. citizens, are being held in Sacramento County Jail.
Shabbir Ahmed and Mohammed Adil Khan, are being detained on immigration violations, Cauthen said. He said he couldn't give any further details, citing an ongoing investigation.
Ahmed is the current imam and Khan is the former imam of a mosque in Lodi, the Lodi News-Sentinel reported on its Web site.
According to a federal criminal complaint filed in Sacramento court, where the Hayats had an initial appearance on Tuesday, Hamid Hayat is accused of training in an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan to learn "how to kill Americans," the Bee reported.
The younger Hayat is accused of being trained to use explosives and other weapons, using photographs of President Bush as targets, the Bee reported, citing court documents. |
