A federal judge on Monday ordered pre-trial detention for a Chicago-area 19-year-old accused of trying to fly with his two younger siblings to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State.
Mohammed Hamzah Khan of suburban Bolingbrook was arrested a month ago at O'Hare International Airport as he tried to board a plane to Turkey, and later charged with attempting to provide material support to a group the United States has designated a terrorist organization.
Federal prosecutors revealed for the first time at Khan's detention hearing on Monday that he had tried to take with him his sister, then 17, and his 16-year-old brother.