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Luqmaan Khan, 25, had a notebook containing writings about
“urban warfare,” according to an FBI complaint filed in the
case. A later search of his home turned up a scoped rifle, body
armor and a handgun modified with an illegal machine gun
conversion device known as a “switch,” the complaint said.
Khan has been in federal custody since his arrest on Nov. 24 at
Canby Park West in Wilmington, when he was stopped by New Castle
County police. Authorities said he was parked unlawfully and
that he appeared nervous and was uncooperative when confronted.
Police detained him and found the weapon, a firearm brace kit
and the notebook in a later search of the vehicle.
The notebook also listed combat tactics for various weapons and
a sketch of the University of Delaware Police Department
building, according to a police statement.
Authorities said Khan told them that becoming a martyr was “one
of the greatest things you can do."
“I commend the devoted officers with the New Castle County
Police Department whose exceptional actions led to Khan’s arrest
before anyone was harmed,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Jimmy
Paul, of the Baltimore office, said in a statement.
Khan is scheduled for a detention hearing on Dec. 11. The
Wilmington resident has no prior arrests, the complaint said.
Eleni Kousoulis, the federal public defender in Delaware who is
representing Khan, did not immediately return a message left at
her office Wednesday.
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