Suspect charged with terrorism, hate crime in shooting of Jewish man in Chicago

Authorities in Chicago have charged a suspect accused of shooting a Jewish man walking to a synagogue in the city, then engaging law enforcement in a firefight over the weekend, with federal hate and terrorism charges, alleging he planned the attack and was targeting those of the Jewish faith.

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was in the hospital Thursday as Chicago authorities announced the new and rare charges against him.

He was already facing numerous charges, including six counts of first-degree attempted murder, in connection with the Saturday morning shooting, when police said he opened fire and wounded a 39-year-old Jewish man walking to a synagogue in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.

Police said Abdallahi then shot at law enforcement and paramedics “multiple times from various locations” and was taken into custody after he was wounded in law enforcement return fire.

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