‘Real bad bitches’: Meet the two 'ISIS-inspired' women from Queens arrested for wanting to bomb a police funeral

Greg P. | 1:59 PM on April 02, 2015

New Yorkers Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui, who were just arrested on charges of “planning to build an explosive device for attacks in the United States,” sound nice:

BREAKING: 28yo Noelle Velentzas & 31yo Asia Siddiqui, are accused of conspiring to detonate an explosive device #NYPD http://t.co/KTmjCbiP5m

— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) April 2, 2015

BREAKING: Two Queens women arrested on terrorism charges, plotted to bomb police funeral: feds http://t.co/iWFsOeYBS4 pic.twitter.com/nrCIbTv13Z

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 2, 2015

https://twitter.com/samueloakford/status/583675572376756227

"Why can't we be some really bad bitches?" – the complaint against two women indicted for in NYC bomb plot http://t.co/lhRaQjqPkN

— IIIΞ FUGARU (@Newyorkez) April 2, 2015

More from CNN:

Noelle Velentzas, 28, could not understand why U.S. citizens like her were traveling overseas to wage jihad when they could simply stay and “make history” by unleashing terrorist attacks on American soil, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.

Velentzas and her former roommate Asia Siddiqui, 31, also a U.S. citizen, were arrested and accused of planning to build an explosive device for attacks in the United States, federal prosecutors said.

The complaint paints a picture of a disturbing trend in homegrown violent extremism.

In the past 18 months, the Justice Department’s National Security Division has prosecuted or is prosecuting more than 30 cases of people attempting to travel abroad to join or provide support to terrorist groups. Of those cases, 18 allegedly involve support to ISIS.