Former Mississippi State University student Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla plead guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock of the Northern District of Mississippi Friday for conspiring with Jaelyn Young to provide material to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to the Clarion Ledger of Jackson.
Young, 19, of Vicksburg, Mississippi and Dakhlalla, 22, of Starkville, Mississippi were arrested on August 8 at the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA) near Columbus, Mississippi.
Both were students at MSU in the past year with Young having been a sophomore chemistry major and Dakhlalla having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in May 2015.
The Clarion Ledger reports Young’s trial is scheduled for June 6 in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Former MSU student pleads guilty for attempt to join ISIL
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