June 2015 New York City pressure cooker bomb plot

The June 2015 New York City pressure cooker bomb plot was a plot by Munther Omar Saleh, Fareed Mumuni, and another unnamed man to detonate a pressure cooker bomb in New York City to support the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).[1][2][3]

Arrests

On June 13, 2015, police arrested Munther Omar Saleh and another unidentified man in Queens, New York, saying that he was looking for materials to build a bomb. The FBI had been listening to his communications and said he had been expressing support for ISIS. He had tweeted his support for ISIS and that Al Qaeda was "too moderate". At one point, he told an agent that he was "trying to do an op." The arrest came immediately after Saleh charged at a surveillance vehicle with a knife.

On June 17, Federal agents arrested Fareed Mumuni in his home. During the arrest, Mumuni repeatedly tried to stab an agent with a large knife. However, the stabs did not penetrate the agent's body armor.[1][4][5]

On June 19, 2015, the FBI arrested Samuel Rahamin Topaz in the plot. Prosecutors alleged that Topaz wanted to go to Syria to ISIS. He was charged with providing material support to ISIS.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Third Man Arrested In New York Pressure Cooker Bomb Plot". Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "New York bomb plot case: How surveillance led to arrests". Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Mueller, Benjamin (June 16, 2015). "College Student in Queens Is Charged With Conspiring to Support ISIS". New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "N.Y. College Student Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot". Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "New York Man Accused Of Plotting To Explode Pressure Cooker Bombs". Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Second American arrested in ISIS-linked NYC bomb plot". Retrieved June 19, 2015.

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