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US terror suspect ignores trial in Charsadda

PESHAWAR: An American accused of having links to an alleged terrorist ring in the state of North Carolina failed to show up for his court hearing in Pakistan on Saturday, fuelling suspicions that he is on the run. US investigators say Jude Kenan Muhammad is part of a North Carolina-based terrorist group involved in three years of nefarious international travel, gun buys and military-style training trips. They claim the group was preparing for ‘violent jihad’, though they have not detailed any specific targets. Kenan Muhammad is the only one of eight alleged members of the group who is still at large. He was caught last year trying to enter a Pakistani militant stronghold off-limits to foreigners and was arrested on charges of weapons possession for allegedly carrying a dagger and travelling without proper documents. ap

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