DETROIT – Ahmed Abousamra, an FBI Boston subject with connections to the Detroit area, was added Wednesday to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List. 

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his capture and return to the U.S. 

With the inclusion of Abousamra, there are currently 30 individuals on the FBI’s MWTL, which was created in October 2001 to highlight individuals indicted for various acts of terrorism against the United States. The list remains a worldwide tool that assists in efforts to apprehend alleged terrorists and bring them to justice.

Abousamra was indicted after taking multiple trips to Pakistan and Yemen where he allegedly attempted to obtain military training for the purpose of killing American soldiers overseas. 

On November 5, 2009, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Abousamra in United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, in Boston, after he was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, conspiracy, and making false statements. Abousamra was indicted on a total of nine charges and should be considered armed and dangerous. 

The Boston Division first announced and publicized the $50,000 reward in October 2012.

It is still believed Abousamra may be living in Aleppo, Syria,with extended family, his wife, and at least one child, a daughter.

Abousamra is of Syrian descent and has dual citizenship in the United States and Syria. He was born in France on September 19, 1981, and is currently 32 years old.  He is 5’11” and, at the time he fled, weighed approximately 170 pounds and had a slim build, dark brown hair and brown eyes. He speaks, reads, and writes fluently in both English and Arabic. He has a college degree related to computer technology and was previously employed at a telecommunications company. He has a number of known aliases including Ahmad Abou-Samra, Ahmad Abou, Ahmad Abou Samira, Ahmad Samra, Ahmad Abu Samra, and Ahmad Abou Samra. 

For more information regarding the FBI’s search for Ahmad Abousamra, go to Boston.FBI.gov and click “Top Story.”  

Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI’s Boston Division at 617.742.5533, their local FBI office or nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.