Tajik natives with suspected ties to ISIS were arrested in a coordinated sting operation in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, the New York Post reported, citing ICE sources.
A total of eight from Tajikistan with suspected ties to the Islamic State group have been arrested in the United States in recent days, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
One was heard on tape talking about bombs, sources told the Post.
“Remember the Boston marathon [bombing]? I’m afraid something like that might happen again or worse,” one of the sources said to The Post.
One of those arrested had been released by federal authorities at the southern border last year, the Post reported, citing sources.
The nature of their suspected connections to ISIS was not immediately clear, but the individuals were being tracked by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, or JTTF. They were in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which made the arrests while working with the JTTF, pending proceedings to remove them from the country.
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