DEVELOPING: Two women arrested in alleged terrorist bomb plot
April 2, 2015 By
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DEVELOPING: Two women suspected of being ISIS sympathizers were arrested Thursday for allegedly plotting to detonate pressure cooker bombs in New York, according to Fox News.
Circumstances surrounding the arrests or the alleged plot were not immediately clear, but NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller said the arrests were part of a local and federal investigation. “What I can confirm is that arrests were made by the JTTF and NYPD in a national security investigation earlier this morning in New York City,” he said.
The two suspects have been identified as Noelle Velentzas, 28, and Asia Siddiqui, 31. Velentzas purportedly idolized Osama Bin Laden, and kept pictures and video of the Al Qaeda mastermind on her cell phone. The complaint stated, “The investigation has revealed that Velentzas espouses violent jihadist beliefs and has repeatedly expressed an interest in terrorist attacks committed within the United States.” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch said the pair studied how to carry out what could have been a deadly attack, and became obsessed with creating a pressure cooker bomb after the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon attack.
“We are committed to doing everything in our ability to detect, disrupt and deter attacks by homegrown violent extremists,” Lynch said. “As alleged, the defendants in this case carefully studied how to construct an explosive device to launch an attack on the homeland.”
It was not clear what the specific target of the alleged plotters was and the public was never in any danger. Both women, who could face life in prison, are due to appear at federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon.
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