Fatal suburban Chicago car accident draws attention of FBI anti-terrorism unit

On Wednesday morning in the Chicago suburb of Forest View, near Midway airport, there was a deadly multi-car accident. Normally investigations of this sort involve the local police, on rare occasion the National Transportation and Safety Bureau get involved.

But with this accident, the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is on the scene.

One of the victims was Dr. Nofal Lafi Hussein, a native of Palestine.

From ABC 7 Chicago:

Police found checks worth a lot of money, unused credit cards and some other items that to some "could suggest" sinister activities. The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force was called in and that has angered relatives of one of the victims.

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The Hussein family learned of Wednesday's crash on the Stevenson like everyone else. They saw it on television. Only later would they learn that Dr. Nofal Lafi Hussein was killed and his nephew, whom they identify as Magdi Hussein, was critically injured.

At the scene, police reportedly found high-dollar checks, banking statements, and a dozen unused credit cards in the Hussein's car. They called in the FBI, who called in its Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The Hussein family vehemently denies Dr. Hussein had any ties to terrorism.

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