NEW YORK, November 15. /TASS/. The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Anas Said, 28, for plotting a 9/11-style attack in Houston, Texas, FBI Houston said in a statement on the X social media platform.

"Anas Said was arrested last week at the apartment complex where he lived. We stopped a potential terrorist attack from happening right here in Houston," the statement reads.

According to the FBI, the suspect "admitted to bragging he would commit a '9/11-style' attack if he had the resources" and offering his home as a safe sanctuary to operatives from the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia). Besides, he was "researching how to conduct an attack on local military recruiting centers" and attempting to produce Islamic State propaganda.

Nineteen members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) hijacked four passenger planes in the US on September 11, 2001. The terrorists flew two of the aircraft into the World Trade Center twin towers, the highest buildings in New York at the time. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon building near Washington. The fourth aircraft, which was headed for Washington DC, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The terrorist attacks killed a total of 2,977 people.