Two women of New York planned to carry out a Boston style bombing in NYC

#FBI #HeraldSquare #NYC #BostonBombing #terrorists FBI has arrested a team of two women of New York who had planned a terrorist attack on NYC on the lines of the Boston bombings – they had conspired to use weapons of mass destruction. One of these women was apparently in possession of a number of gas tanks and instructions on turning them into bombs.
This has been reported in bbc.com dated 3 April 2015.
A Brooklyn court has charged both the women who are US citizens. They have said that they understood the charges.
As per court documents, they had referred to themselves as "citizens of the Islamic State" and one of them had been in regular contact with members of the foreign terrorist organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Her accomplice referred to Osama Bin Laden as a hero.

It seems the two of them had plotted to unleash terror by creating explosive devices. They had even researched the pressure cooker bombs used during the Boston Marathon bombing. This has been revealed by the FBI.
The women had been plotting to build an explosive device since at least August of last year and had, accordingly, studied chemistry and electricity. They did not have any specific target in mind but had considered Herald Square in Manhattan as a target.
Interestingly, one of the women had criticized a US Air Force veteran who was arrested for trying to go to Syria engage in violent jihad. Her logic is – why go to Syria when there were targets in the US that could be put to use.

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