Former Waukesha Man Wanted By U.S. State Department

WAUKESHA, WI — The U.S. State Department says they're offering a $5 million reward for the arrest and capture of a Waukesha-born man who finds himself on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list. According to the FBI, Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 37, is the highest-ranking United States citizen fighting with al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terrorist organization.

Here is a video put together by the FBI about Mostafa.

Federal officials say Mostafa joined al-Shabaab in approximately 2006 and has served in many capacities, including serving as a military instructor at al-Shabaab’s training camps, a leader of the foreign fighters, a leader and propagandist in al-Shabaab’s media wing, an intermediary between al-Shabaab and other terrorist organizations, and as a leader in the group’s use of explosives in terrorist attacks.

Authorities say Mostafa has been charged in a superseding indictment in federal court in San Diego with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists; conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization; and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

“We believe this defendant is the highest-ranking U.S. citizen fighting overseas with a terrorist organization,” US Attorney for the Southern District of California Robert Brewer said in a news release Monday. “Al-Shabaab’s reign of terror threatens U.S. national security, our international allies and innocent civilians. Today we seek the public’s assistance in capturing Mostafa and disrupting Al-Shabaab.”