Homegrown Terror Alleged: 7 North Carolina Men Charged with Plotting 'Violent Jihad'
• ABC NewsSeven North Carolina men have been charged with plotting to wage
"violent jihad" by "murdering, kidnapping or maiming persons" overseas.
According to a federal indictment unsealed today, the alleged
ringleader, Daniel Patrick Boyd, and six co-defendants were accused of
conspiring to provide financial and material assistance to terrorists
abroad. The indictment does not allege the men planned to attack
targets within the U.S.
