Teen arrested for plotting ISIS-inspired drone terror attack on Phoenix Pride parade

A teen has been arrested for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired drone panic onslaught for Phoenix's Pride events. 

Marvin Aneer Jalo, 17, of Peoria - conscionable extracurricular of Phoenix - was arrested connected October 18 and charged with felony counts of coercion and conspiracy to perpetrate terrorism. 

Jalo allegedly had an instructional video connected his telephone that depicted an ISIS combatant making explosive Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP), and had been communicating with extremists who were recruiting him successful a chatroom successful 2023, according to AZ Family. 

He reportedly posted that helium could 'bomb 2024 Pride Parade and instrumentality implicit USA' and that helium had supplies to marque explosive shipped to him, according to the outlet. 

Police believe, based connected his messages, that the teen planned connected making a 'bomb drone' utilizing a remote-controlled vehicle. 

'He decidedly took steps successful the process of putting unneurotic thing that would enactment arsenic an explosive,' Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell told AZ Family. 

Mitchell said the lad had 'very extremist ideas' and that helium was 'homophobic.' 

The transgression complaint, viewed by AZ Family, said that Jalo had searched the Phoenix Pride parade lawsuit anterior to the celebrations past weekend. 

The lawsuit is being investigating by the Attorney's Office, FBI, and 2 constabulary departments. 

'These are superior charges. They bash travel with mandatory situation sentences,' Mitchell said. 

Jalo is presently being held connected a $1million cash-only bond, according to Mitchell. 

The Attorney's Office said Jalo had 'intentionally oregon knowingly did supply advice, assistance, absorption oregon absorption of an enactment of coercion to further the goals, desires, aims, nationalist pronouncements, manifestos oregon governmental objective' of ISIS. 

The teen had participated successful chatrooms betwixt November 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024, wherever helium discussed the 'supplies indispensable to marque an improvised explosive  device.'  

The Pride celebrations carried connected without incidental and saw Governor Katie Hobbs and Former UN Ambassador Susan Rice attend, according to AZ Family. 

Earlier this year, up of Pride Month successful June, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security warned that overseas violent enactment and their supporters mightiness onslaught venues and events. 

Major cities, similar New York City, fortify information astatine its events successful June. 

Phoneix's Pride events are held successful October - which is LGBT History Month - alternatively of June owed to the precocious summertime temperatures the metropolis gets.