(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Another ISIS-inspired attack has been thwarted in Texas, this time an alleged attempted assassination of a U.S. congressman in north Texas: U.S. Rep. Keith Self.
The FBI arrested and charged a 17-year-old resident of McKinney for planning to assassinate Self at an event earlier this month, authorities said. The juvenile also planned to carry out a terrorist attack in North Texas on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The teenage male was arrested on Oct. 5 after acquiring a firearm, federal authorities told WFAA ABC 8 News, which first reported on the arrest and threat late Wednesday.
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