US charges New York man for providing support to Islamic State
NEW YORK- A New York City man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with providing material support to ISIS by trying to help an undercover law enforcement employee travel to Syria to fight with the militant group.
Sajmir Alimehmeti, a 22-year-old from the Bronx borough, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, which said that he had also since mid-2015 made multiple purchases of knives and military-type equipment.
Alimehmeti was arrested at his Bronx residence on Tuesday morning, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said, and is expected to appear in court later in the day.
