Lakeside man among three arrested in alleged ISIS support plot

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A Lakeside man is among three people arrested in a multi-state investigation into an alleged plot to support ISIS and target U.S. servicemembers, federal authorities announced Friday.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 25-year-old Bereen Dzayee of Lakeside, along with two other U.S. citizens — 21-year-old Bisaam Ghafoor of Leawood, Kansas, and 21-year-old Elias Shamsaldeen of Porterville, California — were taken into custody Friday morning.

The three men are accused of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Investigators say the suspects collectively sent more than $2,000 to someone they believed was affiliated with the group…

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