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Lafayette resident accused of terrorism pleads not guilty
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LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, who is accused of helping a terrorist attack in Israel in 2023, has pleaded not guilty.
Al-Muhtadi was arraigned today before Magistrate Judge Carol Whitehurst in federal district court in Lafayette on charges of providing support to a foreign terrorist organization and visa fraud, with the help of an interpreter.
Al-Muhtadi is accused of being part of the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which carried out one of a series of terrorist attacks on Israel that killed over 1,200 people.
He is also alleged to have falsified the application for a visa to enter the United States. In the application, he allegedly denied serving in any paramilitary organization or having ever engaged in terrorist activities.
Prosecutors said he arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2024 before relocating to Lafayette.