US | Farooque Ahmed FBI: Muslims Turned In DC Bomb Plotter Agents ensnared suburban man by luring him into fake terror plot By Rob Quinn Posted Oct 29, 2010 5:18 AM CDT Copied Farooque Ahmed, Pakistani-born Virginia man, is accused of plotting to bomb Washington-area subway stations. (AP Photo/Department of Justice) The Virginia man charged with planning a terror attack on Washington DC’s Metro system was brought to the attention of authorities when members of the Muslim community reported that he had been trying to join a terrorist group, according to an FBI source. Farooque Ahmed—a suburban father with a good job—was then set up by agents who enlisted him in a fictional terror plot, AP reports. Agents posing as al-Qaeda operatives supplied Ahmed with messages hidden in a Koran, and found that he was eager to kill commuters and committed to becoming a martyr, say FBI officials. Investigators are trying to determine how the 34-year-old man, who came to the US in 1993 and became a citizen in 2005, was radicalized. Ahmed is due in court today on charges including collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility, and attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Read These Next Trump has threatened to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship. Air India pilots cut off fuel to engines 30 seconds into flight. Newsom turns nickname back on Trump. Epstein fallout intensifies within Trump administration. Report an error