On October 26, 2024, Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, an illegal immigrant from Mauritania, shot a Jewish man in Chicago during a Shabbat celebration. The attack, considered the first act of terrorism on U.S. soil by a foreign national illegally crossing the southern border, attracted minimal attention from the FBI, which assigned the case to local law enforcement. Abdallahi was charged under a rarely used anti-terrorism statute but later died by suicide in jail, raising concerns about governmental insights into his background and motivations.
In an unprecedented act, Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi's case marks the first known terrorism attack on U.S. soil by a foreign national crossing the southern border.
The FBI's unusual lack of involvement in the investigation of the Chicago shooting raised concerns about the response to domestic terrorism, especially within a politically charged environment.
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