The Idaho Press-Tribune is reporting that an Uzbekistan national was arrested today in Boise, Idaho.
Fazliddin Kurbanov, who is a legal resident of the U.S., was indicted by a grand jury for one county of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist investigation, one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and one count of possessing an unregistered destructive device.
#BREAKING: Feds in Idaho arrested Uzbekistan national Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, on terrorism charges this morning
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MT @AndreaKBOI: Student: "terror in the air" as FBI search apt near Curtis & Cassia Info – http://t.co/gzVjCVICMB pic.twitter.com/9beUdAktYw
— CBS 2 News (@CBS2Boise) May 16, 2013
#DevelopingStory: FBI investigation underway on the Boise Bench. @GlenBeebyKBOI explains #liveonkboi at 4 pic.twitter.com/HP2rEfAyIA
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BREAKING NEWS: Apartment involved in FBI search linked to federal terrorism charges: http://t.co/edbUAXWhvQ
— CBS 2 News (@CBS2Boise) May 16, 2013
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KBOI reports that “Kurbanov allegedly worked with unnamed co-conspirators to provide support, software resources and money to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan – a designated foreign terrorist.”
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Update: A search of Kurbanov’s apartment reportedly turned up an array of bomb-making materials.
BREAKING: Indictment says Boise man had hollow hand grenade, hobby fuse, aluminum powder, potassium nitrate & sulfur: http://t.co/gzVjCVICMB
— CBS 2 News (@CBS2Boise) May 16, 2013
Feds: #Boise man made instructional videos on how to make explosive devices — http://t.co/gzVjCVICMB #terrorism
— CBS 2 News (@CBS2Boise) May 16, 2013
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