2 women radicalised by ISIS arrested in New York bomb plot
The women were allegedly ‘ being radicalised’ by the ISIS
New York, April 2: Two New York City women have been arrested in an alleged conspiracy to build a bomb and wage a “terrorist attack” in the United States, according to a federal criminal complaint made public on Thursday.
Noelle Velentzas, 28, and Asia Siddiqui, 31, devised a plot to target police, government or military targets based on their “violent jihadist beliefs,” according to the complaint filed in US district court in Brooklyn.
The two women, who were roommates in the New York City borough of Queens, conducted extensive research on how to build an explosive device and plotted to attack such targets as a military base or a police funeral, it said.
The two women were allegedly “being radicalised” by the ISIS militant group, ABC said. The head of the New York police department’s counterterrorism operation says two women have been arrested after an undercover investigation determined they were trying to build a homemade bomb.
John Miller says the public was never in danger. He says there is evidence the women looked at ISIS group
The two women, who were roommates in the New York City borough of Queens, conducted extensive research on how to build an explosive device and how to plot an attack
propaganda on the Internet. But authorities say it didn’t appear they had direct contact with the group. The women are expected to appear in federal court later in the day. Miller declined to discuss further details.
The women allegedly discussed possible targets online but there was no specific terror plot, one official familiar with the case said. The incident came less than two months after three Brooklyn men were arrested for allegedly plotting to join the ISIS overseas.
The trio — Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30 — have pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation and travel document fraud.