US Citizen Raised in San Diego Faces New Terrorism Charges

U.S Attorney Robert Brewer speaks in front of an FBI poster depicting Jehad Serwan Mostafa during a news conference in San Diego, California on Dec. 2, 2019. Gregory Bull/AP Photo

SAN DIEGO—A U.S. citizen on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List has been charged with additional crimes involving ties to Somalia’s al-Shabaab terror group, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday.

Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 37, a former San Diego resident, was indicted on similar charges in 2009.