(CNN) โ An Arizona teen has been indicted on terrorism charges after allegedly planning to launch deadly explosives at the Phoenix Pride Festival last weekend.
The teenager has been charged with one count of terrorism and one count of conspiracy to commit terrorism, the Maricopa County Attorneyโs Office said in a statement โโ both of which are felonies.
Prosecutors believe the 17-year-old had intended to cause โserious injury or deathโ to participants at the festival, the statement read, after an investigation into the planned attack found that the teen had joined online chat rooms where he discussed needing supplies to create an โimprovised explosive device,โ according to the indictment.
Prosecutors also believe that the teenager was motivated by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and that he the 17-year-old was operating with at least two other co-conspirators โโ one โunnamedโ and another referred to as โJuvenile A.โ
The defendant will be tried as an adult and is being held in jail on a $1 million cash-only bond, prosectors said.
CNN is working to determine the suspectโs legal representation and has reached out to the county public defenderโs office for further information.
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