“You can move to another country that is not fighting the muslims but of course you want your easy lives in America so we will cast terror into your hearts as Allah commanded us.”

“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror into the hearts of the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60)

“Teen ‘lone wolf’ gets 20 years in prison for terrorism plot to shoot up Frisco Mall,” by Kevin Krause, Dallas News, April 8, 2019:

MCKINNEY — A former Plano high school student was sentenced Monday to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to an ISIS-inspired plot to commit mass murder at a Collin County mall.

Matin Azizi-Yarand, 18, discussed his plans with an undercover FBI employee to “run and gun” with firearms blazing at the Stonebriar Centre Mall in Frisco and to kill civilians and police officers during the slaughter….

The former Plano West Senior High School student reached out online for help with the terrorist plot. He planned it for May 2018 during Ramadan so no Muslims would be hurt, Brown said. Ramadan is Islam’s holiest month and includes prayers, fasting from dawn to dusk and nightly feasts.

“He did not think Muslims would be in the mall during a Muslim holiday,” Brown said.

Azizi-Yarand sent more than $1,400 to an undercover FBI employee to buy weapons and tactical gear, and he conducted surveillance of the mall during the planning stages to learn the layout, authorities said.

During one conversation, he allegedly said: “I’d actually like to make a cop surrender and drop his gun // Then douse him with gasoline and burn him // record it,” according to court records.

Authorities said Azizi-Yarand acted alone and that no others are implicated in the terrorism plot. His attorney and family could not be reached for comment.

Brown said the teen could have spent the rest of his life in prison had he opted for a trial and been convicted. Azizi-Yarand has been in custody since his arrest last year.

Brown said Azizi-Yarand was motivated by his allegiance to ISIS and had professed his hatred for the U.S. in writings he called a “Message to America” that expressed his “twisted beliefs.”

“This was no distant dream for this young man,” Brown said.

He said the attack was well-planned and imminent.

Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said the mass-shooting was “stopped in its tracks.”…

The teen stated that his plan was to cause financial damage, “setting stores on fire // gasoline // match // we won’t suffocate to death,” according to a probable cause affidavit.

Several juniors at Plano West Senior High told The Dallas Morning News last year that they knew Azizi-Yarand as a quiet teen who kept to himself.

They said the only time they had seen him excited was during their freshman year, when he talked about converting to Islam….

The teen began communicating online in December 2017 with “an FBI confidential human source” about his desire to either “make hijrah [travel]” or to commit a terrorist attack within the United States, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Azizi-Yarand’s messages often referred to his contacts as akhi, Arabic for “my brother.”

“Look at all the other lone wolves // What training did they have yet they simply killed the kuffar?” he wrote, using a derogatory Arabic term for disbelievers. “The brothers in Europe the brother in Spain the brother in New York? Had no limitary [sic] training // it’s not about numbers it’s about getting a message across to these taghut countries // it’s dangerous tho akhi we have to be careful some have gotten arrested // so we good brother?”

Killing Americans

Azizi-Yarand said he wanted to wait until he was 18 so he could buy a rifle himself, the affidavit said.

“But I swear I want to achieve Allahs [God’s] pleasure and kill the kuffar,” he said, according to the affidavit. “I’ve only been reading ISIS magazine guides for performing operations and making bombs.”

He allegedly also told the FBI source that he had learned about Islam and ISIS on the internet. In one message, he said he had settled on a local attack. “The isis guy said // We should attack America … Are you fine with killing some Americans,” he wrote, according to the affidavit.

The teen also allegedly sent the source several types of ISIS propaganda. There were links to videos about life in the Islamic State and about being a martyr, as well as an image with the ISIS flag and a gun and the text “Jihad [Struggle/Fight] and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue,” according to the affidavit.

In one message to the undercover employee, Azizi-Yarand allegedly said, “I’m expecting each of us having 10 mags minimum // So for that you’d need 900 rounds.”

There was also talk about getting in shape physically for the attack. The teen told his confidential source to “take note of increasing cardio // try going to the gym // increasing stamina // can’t shoot out of breath and shaking // because remember we ain’t shooting paper targets,” the affidavit says.

And Azizi-Yarand had written a speech that said in part: “before you call us evil people look your selves this is only revenge you have started this war with us it will never end. We target your people as revenge for ours who were slaughtered … You can move to another country that is not fighting the muslims but of course you want your easy lives in America so we will cast terror into your hearts as Allah commanded us.”