17-06-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com

Suspects arrested over IS-inspired NY bomb plot

A 21-year-old self-declared US supporter of the Islamic State extremist group was arrested in New York after trying to stab an FBI agent on Wednesday, officials said. Fareed Mumuni, 21, is the third suspect detained in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the city on behalf of the IS group, which has declared a "caliphate" based in Iraq and Syria. Prosecutors have identified one of the other suspects as fellow New Yorker, Munther Omar Saleh, from Queens.
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