One defendant was arrested at Newark airport as he tried to travel to Syria, hoping to find refuge in ISIS-controlled territory
Two men in their late teens from an upscale New Jersey suburb were arrested for their alleged role in a plot to murder Jews and carry out an ISIS-inspired terror attack on American soil.
Federal authorities say Milo Sedarat, 18, and Tomas Kaan Jiminez-Guzel, 19, were members of a cell plotting an attack intended to be carried out in Michigan in late October. Sedarat is the son of prominent Iranian-American poet and professor Roger Sedarat; Jiminez-Guzel is the son of a Turkish United Nations diplomat.
The arrests were the result of a joint operation by the FBI and the NYPD’s Intelligence Bureau. Sedarat was taken into custody at his family’s $1.2 million home in Montclair, New Jersey, while Jiminez-Guzel was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport as he was reportedly en route to Syria to join ISIS.