DETROIT: Two men linked to the slain leader of a Detroit mosque and wanted by the FBI for alleged involvement in a radical group have been arrested in Canada, authorities said.
Their alleged leader — a radical cleric accused of preaching violence against the government to his mostly African American followers — was shot and killed Wednesday after he refused to surrender, firing at the FBI agents who tried to arrest him in a warehouse near Detroit.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Mohammad Al-Sahli, 33, also known as Mohammad Philistine, and Yassir Ali Kahn, 30, were apprehended Saturday at homes in Windsor, Ontario, without incident.
The two were the last of 11 men sought in a federal criminal complaint that listed several charges, including conspiracy to sell stolen goods.
Also charged in the complaint was Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a leader of a Detroit mosque. Federal agents fatally shot him Wednesday after authorities say he resisted arrest and fired his weapon.
Hundreds of people attended his funeral Saturday at the Muslim Center in Detroit.
The FBI described Abdullah as the radical leader of a group in Detroit who expressed hatred for the government and endorsed violence.
Abdullah’s mosque says the FBI’s allegations are “utterly preposterous.”
