U.S. federal authorities arrested and charged with terrorism the
estranged son of a Boston police captain who allegedly was planning an
attack inspired by the Islamic State, the Department of Justice
announced Monday.
Alexander Ciccolo, 23, was arrested on July 4 as he was awaiting a
shipment of several firearms he had arranged to buy, unknowingly from an
undercover FBI agent.
The investigation says that Ciccolo, who calls himself Abu Ali al-Amriki
and who neighbors reportedly said is a recent convert to Islam,
intended to construct bombs using pressure cookers, like those used in
the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, to stage an attack somewhere in the
United States inspired by ISIS ideology.
The court documents in the case say that Ciccolo has "a long history of
mental illness" and had been sentenced in the past to a year in jail.
According to the daily Boston Globe, Ciccolo is the son of veteran
Boston police Capt. Robert Ciccolo, who notified the FBI of the young
man's intentions.
The Ciccolo family issued a statement in which they said they were
"saddened and disappointed" upon learning the details of the attack
their relative was planning, although despite acquiring a pressure
cooker he had not yet done anything more than try to fashion some
Molotov cocktails.
According to investigators, Ciccolo became obsessed with the ISIS a
year-and-a-half ago and had expressed to undercover agents his intention
to carry out attacks in public places like those conducted by the
jihadist group.
Ciccolo also became interested in traveling abroad to fight with the IS and had expressed his intention to become a martyr.
Source: Daily Boston Globe
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
The estranged Son of Boston police captain arrested for planning terrorist attack in US
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