US authorities charge two men for encouraging racist attacks on Telegram
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The US Justice Department says the suspects led a ‘transnational terrorist group’ to solicit hate crimes.
Two people, who prosecutors say were motivated by white supremacist ideology, used the social media messaging app Telegram to encourage acts of violence against minorities, government officials and critical infrastructure in the United States, the Justice Department said.
The defendants, Dallas Erin Humber and Matthew Robert Allison, were identified on Monday, days after they were arrested.
They face 15 federal counts in California, including charges of soliciting hate crimes and the murder of federal officials, distributing bomb-making instructions and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho were detained on Friday. It was not immediately clear if either had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
The indictment accuses the two of leading a “transnational terrorist group” known as Terrorgram Collective which operates on Telegram and espouses white supremacist ideology.
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