Idaho man charged with soliciting murder, hate crimes as part of ‘Terrorgram’ group

Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — A Boise man identified arsenic 1 of nan leaders of an online violent group has been arrested and charged pinch soliciting execution and dislike crimes, nan U.S. Attorney’s Office said successful a news merchandise Monday.

Matthew Allison, 37, was arrested by national agents Friday. Officials said Allison led “Terrorgram Collective,” a multinational violent organization, on pinch 34-year-old Dallas Humber, of Elk Grove, California. Humber was besides arrested Friday.

According to an indictment, Allison and Humber utilized nan societal media tract Telegram to coordinate violent attacks motivated by achromatic supremacy. They look 15 criminal charges, including aggregate counts of inducement of execution of a national charismatic and inducement of a dislike crime.

The duo created a publication detailing instructions connected really to build explosives, according to nan indictment. They besides produced a achromatic supremacist documentary and collaborated pinch others connected a database of “high-value” execution targets that included senators, judges, authorities officials and others, nan indictment said.

Officials pinch nan U.S. Attorney’s Office for nan Eastern District of California said Allison and Humber incited different Terrorgram members to perpetrate racially motivated attacks successful nan hopes of spurring a “race war.” Terrorgram-related attacks included a stabbing extracurricular a mosque successful Turkey, a fatal shooting extracurricular an LGBTQ+ barroom successful Slovakia and planned attacks connected power accommodation successful New Jersey, nan news merchandise said.

If convicted, Allison and Humber look up to 220 years successful national prison, according to nan news release.