SERIOUS MATTER: Andrew G. McCabe (right), Assistant Director of the FBI's Washington Field Office, speaking while flanked by US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Dana J. Boente after a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Officials announced that 17-year-old Virginia high school student Ali Shukri Amin had pleaded guilty to helping a classmate travel to Syria in hopes of joining ISIS.
ALEXANDRIA, United States: A tech-savvy US teenager who was prolific on Twitter pleaded guilty to using social media to aid the Islamic State group, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Ali Shukri Amin, 17, who sent more than 7,000 Twitter messages in support of IS, admitted to providing advice and encouragement to the extremist outfit and its supporters.
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