Accused Terrorist Plotter: ‘I Wanna, Like, Be the World’s Known Terrorist’
Investigators at Almonte's Elmwood Park house.
The two New Jersey men taken into custody last night at JFK International Airport, allegedly en route to joining the jihadist group al-Shabaab in Somalia, were recorded speaking freely about their terrorist ambitions, in a disconcertingly casual Clueless-meets-terrorist sort of way.
“A lot of people need to get killed, bro, swear to God," 20-year-old Mohamed Hamoud Alessa said to an undercover NYPD cop who befriended them. "My soul cannot rest until I shed blood. I wanna, like, be the world's known terrorist.”
The two suspects — Alessa and 24-year-old Carlos Eduardo Almonte, both American citizens — will appear in New Jersey court Monday.
Alleged plotters' words: 'I wanna, like, be the world's known terrorist.' [NYDN]