By Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered pre-trial detention for a Chicago-area 19-year-old accused of trying to fly with his two younger siblings to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State. Mohammed Hamzah Khan of suburban Bolingbrook was arrested a month ago at O'Hare International Airport as he tried to board a plane to Turkey, and later charged with attempting to provide material support to a group the United States has designated a terrorist organisation. All three left behind writings indicating they were trying to get to Syria to join Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, which has killed thousands and beheaded a number of American and British captives while seizing parts of Syria and Iraq. District Court Judge Susan Cox said Khan represented a flight risk and a danger to the community.
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