Two New Jersey Men Arrested Before Joining Terrorist Group
Two New Jersey men were arrested at JFK International Airport on Saturday night before boarding separate planes in an alleged terrorism plot tied to a radical Islamic group based in Somalia.
Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, of North Bergen, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 26, of Elmwood Park allegedly planned to join the Somali Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabaab, but the FBI picked them up just before boarding flights.
The arrest followed a years-long investigation and the two were charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism through a group tied to Usama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network.
“FBI New York arrested two men at JFK in support of an ongoing investigation,” FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told FoxNews.com. “There was no threat at the airport. No additional information is available at this time.”
They are set to appear in court on Monday.
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