ISIL-externally financed operative Elshinawy

Terrorist Financing

Around 2015, US-based Mohamed Elshinawy made contact with an ISIL external operative recruiter and began planning  and attack in the US. The attack plan first involved the assassination of an individual (unspecified). When it became clear that Elshinawy was unable to complete that attack, ISIL directed him to conduct a mass-casualty attack. Over the cou…