Hasher Jallal Taheb charged in plot to attack White House with anti-tank rocket
- Hasher Jallal Taheb plotted alleged attack on the White House, which was supposed to take place around Thursday and involve various explosives and firearms
A 21-year-old man from Georgia has been arrested and charged over allegations he plotted to attack the White House by blowing a hole in it with an anti-tank rocket then storming the building with guns and grenades, US prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Hasher Jallal Taheb, of the Atlanta suburb of Cumming, was arrested in Gwinnett County on Wednesday and appeared briefly in federal court in Atlanta in a case brought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Byung Pak, the US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, told reporters.
“His alleged intent was to attack the White House and other targets of opportunity in the Washington, DC area by using explosive devices, including an improvised explosive device, an anti-tank rocket,” Pak said.
All threats have been neutralised, Pak said in a statement.
It was not clear whether Taheb had a lawyer.
A criminal complaint said around March 2018 a community member contacted law enforcement to say Taheb had become “radicalised.” On August 25, 2018, Taheb put his vehicle up for sale and an FBI informant showed interest in buying it, the complaint said.