A source from the U.S. federal authorities told us that the son of Boston Police Captain has been arrested and charged with terrorism
the estranged son who allegedly was planning an
attack inspired by the Islamic State, the Department of Justice announced
Monday.
Alexander Ciccolo, 23, was arrested on July 4 as he was
awaiting a shipment of several firearms he had arranged to buy, unknowingly
from an undercover FBI agent.
The investigation says that Ciccolo, who calls himself Abu
Ali al-Amriki and who neighbors reportedly said is a recent convert to Islam,
intended to construct bombs using pressure cookers, like those used in the 2013
Boston Marathon bombings, to stage an attack somewhere in the United States
inspired by ISIS ideology.
The court documents in the case say that Ciccolo has "a
long history of mental illness" and had been sentenced in the past to a
year in jail.
According to the daily Boston Globe, Ciccolo is the son of
veteran Boston police Capt. Robert Ciccolo, who notified the FBI of the young
man's intentions.
The Ciccolo family issued a statement in which they said
they were "saddened and disappointed" upon learning the details of
the attack their relative was planning, although despite acquiring a pressure
cooker he had not yet done anything more than try to fashion some Molotov
cocktails.
According to investigators, Ciccolo became obsessed with the
ISIS a year-and-a-half ago and had expressed to undercover agents his intention
to carry out attacks in public places like those conducted by the jihadist
group.
Ciccolo also became interested in traveling abroad to fight
with the IS and had expressed his intention to become a martyr.
Source: Daily Boston Globe
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