American man charged with attempting to join Islamic State in Egypt

Members of Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams’ mosque in the US city of Seattle alerted federal agents to his activities.
Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams
Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams sent this photo of himself to a US informant posing as an Islamic State recruiter, according to the complaint against him. - US Attorney’s office in Seattle
Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East
Al-Monitor Staff

An American man has been charged with attempting to join the Islamic State (IS) in Egypt. 

Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams of Seattle was arrested on Friday before a flight to Amsterdam at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state. He planned to subsequently fly from the Dutch city to Cairo, according to a Tuesday press release from the Department of Justice. 

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