US Muslim detained for 'terror plot'

US security forces have apprehended an American Muslim citizen over claims of his 'conspiracy' to kill the country's politicians, soldiers, and civilians.

American security forces arrested Tarek Mehanna, a US pharmacologist of Egyptian descent, around Boston on Wednesday over accusations of his conspiracy to carry out 'terror' attacks against Americans.

Mehanna has been charged with plotting to kill US citizens at shopping malls and to assassinate politicians and troops in collusion with another US expat, Ahmad Abousamra, and a third unnamed accomplice, AP has reported.

Despite a lack of evidence incriminating the US citizen, Mehanna was accused in a federal tribunal of supporting 'terrorism' for his 'anti-US' stance.

The court arraigned the 27-year-old doctor and Islamic teacher of seeking 'terrorist training' during his 2004 trip to Yemen.

He also stands accused of allegedly telling a friend that it was 'unfathomable' for America to have military bases in the 'heart of the Muslim world' and that the 'land of Mohammad [the prophet of Islam] ... is being used as a military base to attack Muslims', the report adds.

Mehanna reportedly sought to kill Americans for their support of the system and for being 'nonbelievers'. Moreover, the court indicted him of plotting to 'kill, kidnap, maim or injure' troops and two unidentified politicians.

The young US citizen defied the accusations during the court proceedings while his father, Ahmed Mehanna, a professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, called the latest episode 'a show'.