2 women seeking ‘violent jihad’ arrested in NYC in ISIS-related plot
‘Multiple propane tanks,’ bomb instructions, contact with Al Qa’ida
Two women alleged to be enamored with “violent jihadist ideology” were arrested in New York City by the Joint Terrorism Task Force after a multi-year undercover investigation discovered they were trying to build homemade bombs.
The women were identified on Thursday as 28-year-old Noelle Velentzas and 31-year-old Asia Siddiqui, both U.S. citizens. A criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge Viktor V. Pohorelsky.
The charges were announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She was join by NYPD’s Commissioner William J. Bratton and representatives from the FBI and the National Security Agency.