Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): An American teen from Pakistan has reportedly been kept in the US secret custody for allegedly helping recruit terrorists for the woman known as "Jihad Jane," a person close to the boy's family has claimed.
According to the charges filed last month, the 17-year-old boy has been accused of helping Colleen LaRose in her alleged efforts to incite an Islamic holy war, Fox News reports.
Prosecutors have said LaRose was a convert to Islam who wrote of being driven by an urge to help suffering Muslims.
The source said that the high school graduate, who had accepted a full scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, would have his case moved to adult court when he turns 18 next month. A law-enforcement source confirmed the details.he teen came to the U.S. four years ago and has reportedly lived with his strict, education-minded family in suburban Baltimore.
According to both sources, he met LaRose in a chat room when he was about 15 and later agreed to help her raise money and recruits for the jihadist cause.
Forty-eight-year-old LaRose had dubbed herself "Jihad Jane" in a YouTube video that caught the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) attention in 2009. She faces a possible life term after pleading guilty to four federal charges, including conspiracy to murder a foreign target and lying to the FBI.aRose, an elder caretaker in small-town Pennsylvania, cultivated a shadow life online and agreed to move to Ireland and try to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims.
No sentencing date has been set in her case while the investigation continues. The teen is referenced as a co-conspirator in her case. (ANI)
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