Mohammad Sharifullah is ordered held until detention hearing on Monday

 

Abbey Gate terror suspect's mugshot revealed as he makes first federal court appearance

Virginia law authorities released a mugshot of the terror suspect whose Justice Department revealed had admitted scoping out the route of 2021's Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan where 13 American service members perished.

ISIS-K member Mohammad Sharifullah appeared in Virginia's federal court for the first time Wednesday on a charge of providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a listed foreign terrorist organization that caused death.

He appeared in a light-blue jail jumpsuit and heard through headphones as an interpreter translated the proceedings, the Associated Press reported.

His public defender would not comment following his court appearance, which concluded with him being held until at least a detention hearing scheduled for Monday.

ALLEGED ABBEY GATE PLOTTER EXTRADITED TO US TO FACE 'JUSTICE FOR OUR 13,' FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SAYS

Mohammad Sharifullah is a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), the Justice Department says. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office)

Sharifullah was extradited to America on Tuesday evening to "face American justice," FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted.  

"3 and 1/2 years later, justice for our 13," Patel tweeted on X.

President Donald Trump declared Sharifullah's arrest while speaking before a joint Congress, declaring he was "pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the lead terrorist behind that atrocity."

ISIS-K MEMBER ADMITTED TO RECONNOITERING ABBEY GATE ATTACK ROUTE, TRAINING MOSCOW ATTACKERS: AFFIDAVIT

Mohammed Sharifullah, who was allegedly involved in the planning for the Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 American service members during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, is shown after being extradited to the U.S. (FBI Director Kash Patel)

As the United States was withdrawing from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, American and coalition troops were operating an evacuation mission at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Abbey Gate was the primary point of entry for the mission, and thousands of civilians were present in the area on Aug. 26, 2021, the Justice Department said.

At about 5:36 p.m. that evening, Abdul Rahman al-Logari, a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), "detonated a body-worn suicide bomb at Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. military service members and about 160 civilians," the Justice Department reported.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, FBI Director Kash Patel, center, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center right, are seen on Wednesday, March 5, awaiting Mohammed Sharifullah's arrival to the U.S. following his arrest overseas. (Justice Department)

Sharifullah confessed to scouting the attack route and training gunmen involved in a terrorist attack near Moscow last year, according to a Justice Department affidavit released this week.