A federal jury in New York has convicted a Kenyan national for participating in a plot to hijack a commercial aircraft and crash it into a building in the United States.
Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was an operative for al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda, according to court documents and evidence presented during the Nov. 4 trial in the Southern District of New York.
The jury found him guilty on six counts, including conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to commit aircraft piracy, conspiring to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization….