Daniel Boyd, suspected leader
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Feds: NC terror suspect told family of jihad
Court told in hearing that suspected leader of terror cell said, 'Muslims must be protected at all costs'
Federal authorities say the accused ringleader of a group of North Carolina terrorism suspects talked of loving jihad, fighting for Allah and despising a US military presence at Mulsim holy sites.
During a detention hearing Tuesday, officials said Daniel Boyd told his family in June that "Muslims must be protected at all costs."
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Federal officials played recordings of the 39-year-old Boyd talking to his family and a witness.
FBI Special Agent Michael Sutton says Boyd wanted the men, including two of his sons, to engage in violent jihad, train on firearms and travel overseas.
The seven men were charged last week with plotting attacks in Tel Aviv and an eighth is being sought. Officials have not named their alleged targets nor said the men were successful at carrying out any schemes.
The indictment names Boyd as the suspected ringleader, saying he bought guns and led the group. The indictment also names Boyd's two sons — 20-year-old Zakariya and 22-year-old Dylan. It says some of the men took trips over the past three years to Jordan, Kosovo, Pakistan and Israel "to engage in violent jihad."
Authorities are looking for an eighth suspect, 20-year-old Jude Kenan Mohammad of Raleigh.
Mohammad was detained in Pakistan in October after he was accused of trying to enter a militant stronghold near the Afghan border that is off-limits to foreigners. Kenan's family said he was in the country to visit his Pakistani father.
Ejaz Khan, a police official in the region that had jurisdiction in the case, said Mohammad was taken into custody and booked on charges of weapons possession for allegedly carrying a daggar, and traveling without proper documents.
He was granted bail later that month and police have no record of him after that, Khan said.
