Marc Santora

Abdurasul Juraboev, one of two Brooklyn residents who allegedly planned to travel to Syria to support the Islamic State worked at the The Gyro King restaurant in Flatbush.

New York City produces its first homegrown ISIS recruits

February 26, 2015Conflict

A paid informant helped officials arrest three New Yorkers who allegedly planned to aid the so-called Islamic State. But the shock is less about the violence they hoped to commit and more about how young New Yorkers were tempted to join a jihadi group.

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