Two US men charged over conspiring to help ISIL
Two men in the United States have been charged over support for the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group.
One of the two, Nicholas Rovinski, 24, of Warwick, Rhode Island, appeared in a court in Boston on Friday over conspiring to provide material support to the militants, active in Syria, Iraq, and Libya.
Rovinski along with David Wright, 25, of Everett, Massachusetts, had worked with 26-year-old Usaama Rahim, who was shot down last Tuesday by an FBI agent as well as a state police officer in a CVS Pharmacy parking lot in a Boston suburb.
According to an FBI affidavit filed in federal court, Wright, Rahim's nephew, and Rovinski had initially planned to behead a political activist.
"It's not true. That's all I can say. It'll all come out," Rovinski's mother, Lori, told reporters before the court session.
Law enforcement officials have identified the activist as Pamela Geller, known for her anti-Islamic stance.
At a meeting with Rahim on May 31, Wright and Rovinski talked about beheading Geller, but two days later Rahim told Wright in a recorded conversation that he had "changed plans" and instead wanted to aim for "those boys in blue", apparently referring to police.
Two hours later, police approached Rahim, to which he purportedly reacted by brandishing his military-style knife.
Rahim’s family have questioned the credibility of a grainy surveillance video showing the incident, saying the knife cannot be seen.
On June 19, Wright and Rovinski, who did not enter a plea at Friday's appearance, are slated to show up in court for a detention hearing.
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