D.C. Five
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The D.C. Five is a group of Muslim Americans from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., with suspected ties to terrorism. The five men were detained on December 9, 2009, during a police raid in Pakistan on a house with links to a militant group. In part of an increasing trend in homegrown terrorism, they were in their late teens or early twenties.[1][2]
Early in the ongoing investigation, officials described them as en route to fight against American forces in Afghanistan.[3] The police chief of Sargodha said that the men had been in contact with local militant groups since August 2009 and had offered their assistance in unspecified attacks.[4] They were not initially accused of a crime. They had been missing from their home area for approximately a month prior to their detention.[1]
On June 24, 2010, the five men were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment; both the defense and the prosecution are planning to appeal.[5][6]