Indictments Handed Down in Fort Dix Six Case

The indictments have been handed down by the grand jury:

A federal grand jury today indicted the six foreign-born Muslim men who were arrested last month in an alleged plot to kill soldiers during an attack on Fort Dix.

Five of them are charged with conspiracy to murder members of the armed services. The sixth was indicted for aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three members of the group.

The five-count indictment closely mirrors the charges outlined in criminal complaints that were unsealed after the defendants’ May 7 arrests.

However, a new count charges two brothers, Shain and Dritan Duka, with unlawful possession of machine guns, stemming from their purchase of three fully automatic AK-47s and four M-16s just before they were arrested by the FBI.

The six defendants have been held in a Philadelphia detention center since their arrests. The next step in the legal process would be an arraignment on the new charges, likely sometime next week.

The text of the indictments can be found here.