Grimy Times Exposes: Knife-Wielding Defendants Allegedly Attacked Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Two New York City residents, Munther Omar Saleh, 20, of Queens, and Fareed Mumuni, 21, of Staten Island, have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and assault and conspiracy to assault federal officers.
According to the indictment, Saleh and Mumuni conspired to conduct an attack in the United States, including plotting to use a pressure cooker bomb in the New York metropolitan area on behalf of ISIL. On June 13, 2015, Saleh and another individual were arrested in Queens after they approached a federal agent while armed with knives.
On June 17, 2015, during the execution of a search warrant at his residence in Staten Island, Mumuni was arrested after repeatedly stabbing an FBI agent in the torso with a large kitchen knife. Fortunately, the knife did not penetrate the agent’s body armor. During a search of the vehicle used by Mumuni, investigators recovered a second large knife.
“According to the indictment, Munther Omar Saleh and Fareed Mumuni conspired to provide material support to ISIL and devised a plan to conduct an attack in New York. During his arrest, Mumuni stabbed an FBI agent numerous times, but thankfully the agent’s body armor protected him from the defendant’s attack and the defendant was safely apprehended by law enforcement,” said Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin.
Mumuni faces a maximum sentence of 85 years’ imprisonment, while Saleh faces a maximum sentence of 65 years’ imprisonment. The defendants’ arraignments are scheduled for Aug. 20, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. EDT, before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein of the Eastern District of New York at the U.S. Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Cronan of the Eastern District of New York and Trial Attorney Brenda K. Morris of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime|Public Corruption|Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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