This comes on the heels of the Senate's last-minute approval of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, avoiding a partial shutdown. They were interrogated without the benefit of counsel," Perlmutter said.
"I know for a fact that these two young men were detained by the FBI. government is overly aggressive when dealing with young Muslim men, and he said he's concerned about the FBI's use of a paid confidential informant in this case. One defense attorney, Adam Perlmutter, said his client would plead not guilty. They also say Saidakhmetov expressed his intent to buy a machine gun and shoot police officers and FBI agents. They allegedly included attacks against President Barack Obama or planting a bomb on Coney Island. In a tweet, the FBI's New York office says Juraboev was also preparing to carry out a terror attack on U.S. He allegedly asked if it would be possible to become martyrs while in the U.S, allegedly writing, "What I'm saying is, to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels." The men hit the FBI's radar in August when the 24-year-old Juraboev posted on a foreign website that he wanted to join the terror group. CUNY's New York City College of Technology confirmed that Habibov was enrolled as a part-time student in spring of 2013, but they say he is not currently enrolled. Habibov, a resident of Brooklyn and a citizen of Uzbekistan, is accused of helping to fund Saidakhmetov’s efforts to join ISIL. Juraboev, a resident of Brooklyn and a citizen of Uzbekistan, had previously purchased a plane ticket to travel from New York to Istanbul and was scheduled to leave the U.S. Kennedy International Airport where he was attempting to board a flight to Istanbul, Turkey.
Saidakhmetov, a resident of Brooklyn and a citizen of Kazakhstan, was arrested early Wednesday morning at John F. We cannot do this alone."įederal investigators say Juraboev and Saidakhmetov planned to travel to Turkey and then to Syria for the purpose of fighting on behalf of ISIL. We rely on help from the community, the public and religious leaders to be mindful of those who could be radicalized. In a statement, FBI Assistant Director in Charge Diego Rodriguez said, in part, "The defendants violated the true tenants of their faith in pursuit of their radical, violent agenda. Habibov was also arraigned Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida.
We don't know what they claimed to have said and we don't know the circumstances of those interrogations." They were interrogated without the benefit of council and we will have to-we have not had their statements produced to us. Juraboev and Saidakhmetov were arraigned in Downtown Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon.Īdam Perlmutter, the public defense attorney assigned to the case said, "I know for a fact these two young men were detained by the FBI. Department of Justice says the three men, ages 19, 24 and 30, were apprehended overnight.Ībdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, Akhror Saidakhmetov, and Abror Habibov are charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Federal authorities in New York have taken three people into custody for allegedly plotting to travel overseas to join the Islamic state.
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