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New York City man admits to plotting to help Islamic State

  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has admitted to plotting to help the Islamic State group.  Fareed Mumuni pleaded guilty Thursday, February 9, 2017 in federal court in Brooklyn to charges that he planned to aid the extremist organization and tried to kill a federal agent searching his Staten Island home. Prosecutors…

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FILE- This undated file photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision shows Emanuel Lutchman, of Rochester, N.Y. Lutchman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in August. Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in federal court in Rochester. (New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision via AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has admitted to plotting to help the Islamic State group. 

Fareed Mumuni pleaded guilty Thursday, February 9, 2017 in federal court in Brooklyn to charges that he planned to aid the extremist organization and tried to kill a federal agent searching his Staten Island home.

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old Mumuni attacked the agent with a kitchen knife, but the agent’s body armor protected him.

He and his co-defendant, Munther Omar Saleh, are suspected of plotting an attack using a pressure cooker. Saleh is expected to plead guilty Friday, February 10, 2017.

The two were part of a group of six that planned to travel overseas and fight for ISIS. Three New Jersey residents have admitted to their roles in the 2015 case.

Mumuni is scheduled to be sentenced May 16.

 

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