Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, Terrorism, New York 2022

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Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, Terrorism, New York 2022

A Mauritanian national, Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, has been arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn on a six-count indictment charging him with multiple terrorism offenses.

The indictment accuses Ahemeid of his roles in the March 7, 2015 attack on the La Terrasse restaurant in Bamako, Mali, in which five people were killed; the August 7, 2015 attack on the Hotel Byblos in Sevare, Mali, in which 13 individuals – including five United Nations workers – were killed; and the November 20, 2015 attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, in which 20 victims were killed, including U.S. citizen Anita Ashok Datar.

The defendant, who was transferred to U.S. custody in Mali, arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, on December 9, 2022.

United States Magistrate Judge James R. Cho ordered the defendant detained pending trial.

The indictment charges Ahemeid with the murder of Ms. Datar; the unlawful use of firearms in connection with a crime of violence causing the death of Ms. Datar; conspiracy to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist organizations al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (“AQIM”) and al-Murabitoun; provision and attempted provision of material support to AQIM and al-Murabitoun; and unlawful use of explosives.

Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, a Mauritanian national also known as “Ibrahim Idress” and “Ibrahim Dix,” is currently being held without bail.