Pakistani Immigrant and Former Mayo Clinic Research Coordinator Sentenced to 18 Years for Planning U.S. Terror Attacks
Muhammad Masood, a 31-year-old Pakistani doctor and former research coordinator at the Mayo Clinic, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday, August 25, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS). Masood had pled guilty to the charges in 2022.
According to prosecutors, Masood was in the U.S. on a work visa and had made multiple attempts to travel to Syria to join ISIS fighters. His plans were foiled when he was arrested by FBI agents at the Minneapolis airport on March 19, 2020. Masood had planned to fly to Los Angeles before boarding a cargo ship to ISIS-controlled territory.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson issued the sentence, stating that Masood had expressed a clear intent to carry out terrorist activities.
