U.S. Indicts Kenya National for Conspiring to Hijack Aircraft on Behalf of al Shabaab

                On December 16, 2020, the United States Department of Justice announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Cholo Abdi Abdullah with six counts of terrorism-related offenses arising from his activities on behalf of the foreign terrorist organization al Shabaab, particularly conspiring to hijack aircraft in order to conduct a 9/11-style attack in the U.S.[1]