Sentencing set for man who tried to fight for Islamic State
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A South Carolina man who pleaded guilty to trying to fight for the Islamic State group is being sentenced.
Federal court documents show sentencing is set for Monday morning for 20-year-old Zakaryia Abdin in Charleston. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
Abdin pleaded guilty in August to attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization. He was arrested at Charleston's airport in 2017 as he tried to board a plane for Jordan. Authorities say Abdin told an agent posing as an Islamic State recruiter he wanted to torture an American.
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Authorities say that at age 16, Abdin talked about robbing a gun store to get weapons to kill soldiers.
He was arrested, pleaded guilty, and a parole board agreed to his early release after a year.