Detroit-area man convicted in ISIS terrorism case

A Westland man accused of trying to provide material support to the Islamic State terrorist group and possessing a destructive device was convicted of all charges Tuesday after a month-long trial.

The verdict in a rare federal terrorism case in front of U.S. District Judge Jonathan Grey followed deliberations that spanned parts of two days and came three years after the gas station employee and native of Iraq was indicted in federal court in Detroit.

The indictment portrayed Naser, 37, as a lone wolf bombmaker and accused him of bragging about his role in the killing of a Christian gold merchant, repeatedly trying to travel overseas to join the jihadist group and building a bomb in the basement of his suburban Detroit home.

Naser was charged with two counts of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and being a felon in possession of a destructive device. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison on the material support charges and 15 years on the destructive device charge.

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