PHOENIX — A Tucson man accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a metro Phoenix motor vehicle office has been transferred to another jail after being assaulted by other inmates.
Phoenix TV station ABC15 reported Friday that 18-year-old Mahin Khan was attacked in a Maricopa County jail on July 2.
Khan's lawyers say he suffered minor injuries, was evaluated at a hospital and now is in segregated housing at the Lower Buckeye Jail.
Khan is accused of asking a suspected militant for help making a pipe bomb in a plot to blow up an MVD office. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday and remains jailed pending a July 19 bond hearing.
County sheriff's officials say Khan originally declined to be placed in voluntary segregation and was put in medium-security general population housing.
