A man accused of being a Somalian terror group operative has been convicted of a 9/11-style plot to kill Americans, the Justice Department said Monday. The Justice Department said in a press release a 34-year-old Kenyan named Cholo Abdi Abdullah received a verdict of guilty Monday on six counts.

A Kenyan man was convicted Monday for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and pilot it into a building. Cholo Abdi Abdullah was found guilty by a jury on all six counts he faced related to the plot,

A jury has found a man guilty of conspiring to steal a passenger jet and commit a 9/11-inspired attack under the direction of Somalian terrorist organization “al Shabaab.”