2 'ISIS-inspired' women arrested for plotting attacks in US

April 03, 2015 01:13

Two American women, influenced by the dreaded terror group ISIS, were arrested here today for plotting terror strikes on US soil using "weapons of mass destruction", with authorities saying the duo conspired to construct car and pressure cooker bombs

Noelle Velentzas, 28, and Asia Siddiqui, 31, both US citizens and former roommates in a Queens apartment here were charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property in the United States.

The two are scheduled to appear later today before US Magistrate Judge Viktor Pohorelsky of the Eastern District of New York. The two face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if convicted.

The complaint against them said that since August 2014,the women allegedly plotted to construct an explosive device for use in a terrorist attack on American soil.

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