US trio who 'vowed to kill President Obama and plant bomb in New York' deny plot to join Isis
A man who allegedly vowed to kill President Barack Obama and plant a bomb in New York for Isis has denied plotting to join the group.
Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, appeared shackled and wearing a blue prison uniform at New York's federal court on Friday alongside Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30. They all pleaded not guilty to terror offences.
A statement from the FBI following their arrests said Juraboev offered to kill the President if ordered to do so by Isis in an internet post in August last year.
More recently, Saidakhmetov expressed his intent to buy a machine gun and shoot police officers and FBI agents if his plan to reach Syria was defeated, the agency said.
Prosecutors claim the trio conspired to support Isis and committed travel document fraud in their thwarted efforts to reach the so-called Islamic State in Syria.
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