Two New York women who plotted to build a bomb for a terrorist attack in the US pleaded guilty to federal charges, authorities say
Asia Siddiqui, 35, and Noelle Velentzas, 31, are US citizens and residents of the New York borough of Queens.In federal court in Brooklyn on Friday, both pleaded guilty to"teaching and distributing information pertaining to the making and use of an explosive, destructive device, and weapon of mass destruction, intending that it be used to commit a federal crime of violence," according to a press release from the US Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of New York.
history, and used them as a blueprint for their own plans to kill American law enforcement and military personnel," said US Attorney Richard Donoghue in the release.The women pleaded not guilty in 2015. In the release Friday, authorities said the pair discussed making a bomb between 2013 and 2015; taught each other chemistry and electrical skills; researched how to make a car bomb; and bought materials to make an explosive device, the statement said.
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