"According to court filings, in August 2019, Chudhary pledged his allegiance to ISIS' then-leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after watching violent terrorist propaganda videos, according to court filings. He then sought guidance from individuals whom he believed to be ISIS supporters, including what type of knife to use and how to prevent detection from law enforcement by not leaving "traces of fingerprints [or] DNA." Chudhary also sent a screenshot of a document from an ISIS propaganda magazine that included a diagram of the human body depicting where to stab victims with a knife."
"An East Elmhurst man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for plotting to commit a mass knife attack on civilians at the World's Fair Marina in Corona with a knife to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in 2019."
""Awais Chudhary pledged allegiance to a brutal terrorist organization and set out to kill American citizens," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. "Our prosecutors have ensured that he will spend years behind bars for his crimes, and the Department of Justice will continue to protect the American people from all threats foreign and domestic.""
Awais Chudhary, a 25-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2022 to plotting a mass knife attack at the World's Fair Marina in Corona in 2019. He was sentenced to nine years in federal prison. Federal agents and the NYPD raided his East Elmhurst home when he was 19 and recovered incriminating evidence on his cellphone. He identified targets including pedestrian bridges over the Grand Central Parkway and the Flushing Bay Promenade. In August 2019 he pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, sought advice on knives and avoiding fingerprints or DNA, and circulated an ISIS propaganda diagram depicting where to stab victims.
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