The arrest of Islamic State sympathizers in New York has heightened fears of a lone-wolf terror threat in the United States following the recent attacks in both France and Denmark. FBI agents arrested Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, at John F. Kennedy airport allegedly attempting to board a flight to Istanbul, and Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, at his home in Brooklyn after he had repeatedly threatened to kill President Barack Obama.
The pair had been under surveillance for months by federal agents and were recorded plotting to wage jihad with the Islamic State in Syria, or kill US police and FBI officers. A third New York resident, Abror Habibov, 30, was arrested in Florida accused of giving Saidakhmetov hundreds of dollars.