US Charges 4 Men With Plotting To Attack Muslim Hamlet In New York State - Reports

US Charges 4 Men With Plotting to Attack Muslim Hamlet in New York State - Reports

Four men have been arrested and charged with planning an attack on a Muslim community in New York State, local media reported on Tuesday

NEW YORK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2019) Four men have been arrested and charged with planning an attack on a Muslim community in New York State, local media reported on Tuesday.

The authorities arrested over the weekend Brian Colaneri, 20, Andrew Crysel, 18, Vincent Vetromile, 19, and a 16-year-old in East Rochester, the WHEC news channel reported.

All four men have been charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of conspiracy, the report said.

Police found improvised explosive devices that the suspects allegedly planned to use in an attack against the rural hamlet of Islamberg, according to the report.

Islamberg, located in Delaware County, was founded in 1980 by Pakistani cleric Mubarak Ali Gilani.