Fed Agents Shoot and Kill Suspected Terrorist

Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested several members of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S., killing one of its leaders at a shootout in a Michigan warehouse.

In the 43-paged complaint unsealed Wednesday, the FBI said Luqman Abdullah, also known as Christopher Thomas, was an imam of a radical group called Ummah, whose mission was to establish an Islamic state within the United States.

The Feds tracked down Abdullah at a warehouse in Dearborn, Michigan, where he refused to surrender and opened fire on the agents. The agents fired back, killing him.

Abdullah preaches that every Muslim should have a weapon, and should not be scared to use their weapon when needed,” FBI agent Gary Leone said in an affidavit.

Seven of the 10 people charged with Abdullah were in custody, including a state prison inmate, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Three were still at large. Another man not named in the complaint also was arrested.

It is said that Abdullah was plotting to blow up the 2006 Super Bowl. He has also been quoted by witnesses as preaching all types of violence, but there has been no evidence so far as to whether he ever acted on his speech.

No one arrested is charged with terrorism at the moment.

The story is still developing.

Dearborn, Michigan has the highest density of Muslim and Arab population in the U.S.