Chicago Teen Attempts Car Bomb

After an undercover federal investigation, U.S. citizen Adel Daoud was arrested Friday night after trying to detonate what he thought was a car bomb in front of a downtown Chicago bar. He was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and could face 20 years behind bars. His interception was the work of undercover agents who learned about Daoud’s plans online and provided him with the fake explosive. Daoud was arrested after an FBI undercover agent contacted him and found he “expressed an interest in engaging in violent jihad, either in the United States or overseas,” according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office.