Asia Siddiqui

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Asia Siddiqui
Born 1985 (age 38–39)
Known for convicted of plotting to explode a bomb in NYC

Asia Siddiqui is a convicted terrorist.[1]

She and her roommate, Noelle Valentzas, were arrested following a conversation with an undercover FBI agent, in April 2015.[2] They pled not guilty at a hearing in May 2015.

References

  1. Andrew Denney; Lia Eustachewich (2020-01-09). "ISIS fangirl Asia Siddiqui gets 15 years for plotting to build bomb". New York Post. https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/isis-fangirl-asia-siddiqui-gets-15-years-for-plotting-to-build-bomb/. Retrieved 2020-06-04. "Siddiqui’s lawyer Charles Swift argued for a sentence of 60 to 70 months, saying she played a minor role in the plot that never actually came to fruition." 
  2. Jake Pearson (2015-05-07). "2 women charged in NYC bomb plotting case plead not guilty". Brooklyn Eagle. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/05/07/2-women-charged-in-nyc-bomb-plotting-case-plead-not-guilty/. Retrieved 2020-06-04. "The women were arrested by FBI agents and NYPD officers last month after a sting operation involving a wired female undercover officer. A search of their Queens homes yielded three gas tanks, a pressure cooker, fertilizer, handwritten notes on the recipes for bomb making and jihadist literature, according to court papers." 
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