11 kids taken from squalid compound. They were being raised to become school shooters, authorities say

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday, as authorities waited to learn if human remains found at the site were those of the boy.

The documents say Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was conducting weapons training with assault rifles at the compound near the Colorado border where authorities say they found 11 hungry children living in filthy conditions in a raid Friday.

Prosecutor Timothy Hasson filed the court documents while asking that Wahhaj be held without bail after he was arrested last week with four other adults facing child abuse charges.

“He poses a great danger to the children found on the property as well as a threat to the community as a whole due to the presence of firearms and his intent to use these firearms in a violent and illegal manner,” Hasson wrote.

Prosecutors did not bring up the school shooting accusation in court on Wednesday during an initial appearance by the abuse suspects. A judge ordered Wahhaj held without bond pending further proceedings.

In the court documents, authorities said a foster parent of one of the 11 children removed from the compound had told authorities that the child had been trained to use an assault rifle in preparation for a school shooting.


A New Mexico sheriff says searchers have found the remains of a boy on property where authorities raided a makeshift compound last week in search of a missing Georgia child. (Aug. 7)

Authorities say human remains found at the compound were being analyzed by medical examiners to determine if they are those of Abdul-ghani Wahhaj, who is severely disabled and went missing in December in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta.

In a Georgia arrest warrant, authorities said the father had told the boy’s mother that he wanted to perform an exorcism on the child because he believed he was possessed by the devil. He later said he was taking the child to a park and didn’t return.

The father was among those arrested at the compound. He is accused in Georgia of kidnapping the boy and a warrant for his arrest was issued.

The warrant said the missing boy had severe medical issues, including a defect caused by lack of oxygen and blood flow around the time of birth. It said he cannot walk and requires constant attention.

For months, neighbors worried about the squalid compound built along a remote New Mexico plain, saying they took their concerns to authorities months before sheriff’s officials raided the encampment, described as a small camping trailer in the ground.

Authorities said during the raid Friday that they had found the father armed with multiple firearms, including an assault rifle. They also said they believed there was a shooting range on the site.

Didge wrote:What sort of sick fuck would set up such a camp and with a view to murder other children?

If you hear more, please post it Ben?

Thanks

Original Quill wrote:Been watching this story:  I'll believe it when I see the evidence.  So far, its just "documents say..." and quotes from prosecutors.  Could be a witch hunt, or some over-zealous sheriff looking for a little publicity.

Frankly, I think with organized crime in the White House we have bigger fish to fry.

Didge wrote:A child has been found dead within the camp.

Didge wrote:No surpise you ignore the evidence

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:A child has been found dead within the camp.

So, it's a homicide investigation.  Forget this nonsense about a training camp.

Didge wrote:Sorry, so you want to whitewash the possibility it was a training camp, based on what?

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:Sorry, so you want to whitewash the possibility it was a training camp, based on what?

A-hem.  Possibility??

No tickee, no laundry.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

A-hem.  Possibility??

No tickee, no laundry.

Yes i understand you defend Islamic extremism and want to whitewash this

We have had to deal with such idiocy in the UK also

It cost thousands of girls being abused and the system and state did nothing to protect them

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:


Yes i understand you defend Islamic extremism and want to whitewash this

We have had to deal with such idiocy in the UK also

It cost thousands of girls being abused and the system and state did nothing to protect them

Islam?  Girls?  Abuse?

I've said nothing about anything except the absence of evidence, and the possibility that this a news story planted to get a few local politicians elected.  It smells like it, particularly in ultra-rural New Mexico, where the abominables will fall for anything.

Everything said comes from one-side, the law enforcement side.  And it's all just words, no hard evidence.  It's just a theory.  Add to that that November is election day, and it's got odor.

Didge wrote:We have a dead child, through the abuse of some ritual;

Didge wrote:We have evidence of a belief system and having kids train with guns

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:We have a dead child, through the abuse of some ritual;

And that's all.  But a homicide investigation does not get as much attention in an election year.

Didge wrote:We have evidence of a belief system and having kids train with guns

So far, it's just gossip.  A theory, that's all.

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

A-hem.  Possibility??

No tickee, no laundry.

Yes i understand you defend Islamic extremism and want to whitewash this

We have had to deal with such idiocy in the UK also

It cost thousands of girls being abused and the system and state did nothing to protect them

Islam?  Girls?  Abuse?

I've said nothing about anything except the absence of evidence, and the possibility that this a news story planted to get a few local politicians elected.  It smells like it, particularly in ultra-rural New Mexico, where the abominables will fall for anything.

Everything said comes from one-side, the law enforcement side.  And it's all just words, no hard evidence.  It's just a theory.  Add to that, the fact that November is election day, and it's got odor.

eddie wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Islam?  Girls?  Abuse?

I've said nothing about anything except the absence of evidence, and the possibility that this a news story planted to get a few local politicians elected.  It smells like it, particularly in ultra-rural New Mexico, where the abominables will fall for anything.

Everything said comes from one-side, the law enforcement side.  And it's all just words, no hard evidence.  It's just a theory.  Add to that, the fact that November is election day, and it's got odor.

You’re starting to sound like a conspiracy theorist.

The Taos News wrote:
Taos County 2018 primary election guide

By Staci Matlock
editor@taosnews.com

It's obvious by the number of candidates running for open seats in primary races in Taos and Colfax Counties that interest in politics hasn't waned in Northern New Mexico.

More than two dozen people are contending for elected positions in magistrate courts, county commissions, assessor and probate judge in the two counties. Especially contentious will be the race for Taos County sheriff, a position that six people are vying to win. Another hot race to watch is the one for District 5 on the Taos County commission, where three candidates are seeking to represent the southern portions of the county.
https://taosnews.com/stories/taos-county-2018-primary-election-guide,48156