Ritzy suburb stunned as cops pounce on 'yuppie jihadi' at $1.2M home
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A normally tranquil suburb in New Jersey, known as the residence of the newly elected governor, has been shaken by the arrest of two teenagers accused of plotting a terrorist attack. The emerging details of their alleged conspiracy have left the community in disbelief.

Teenagers Milo Sedarat and Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, both 19, were arrested on Wednesday. Authorities say the FBI discovered their plan to carry out an ISIS-inspired bombing targeting gay bars in Detroit on Halloween.

According to reports from the FBI and the NYPD’s Intelligence Bureau, the teens intended to replicate the 2015 Paris terrorist attack carried out by ISIS. The plot was uncovered just last week.

Sedarat was captured at his family’s upscale Montclair, New Jersey home, a property valued at $1.2 million, as reported by the New York Post.

The arrest astonished local residents, who witnessed nearly two dozen law enforcement vehicles arriving to detain the suspect.

At least some were armored, and one neighbor told Montclair Local he saw law enforcement officers carrying automatic rifles around 11am.

Meanwhile, Jimenez-Guzel was apprehended in a food court in Newark Liberty International Airport on his way to Turkey, with the goal of reaching Syria to train with ISIS, federal authorities say.

He was allegedly intending to travel on November 17, but moved his flight forward after hearing that the FBI had raided the homes of several other terror suspects in Detroit, sources said. 

Milo Sedarat

Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel

Milo Sedarat and Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, both 19, were taken into custody on Wednesday, after the FBI uncovered a plot to bomb gay bars in Detroit in an ISIS-inspired attack on Halloween .

Sedarat was taken into custody at his father's $1.2 million house in Montclair, New Jersey, while Jimenez-Guzel was arrested at Newark airport

Sedarat was taken into custody at his father’s $1.2 million house in Montclair, New Jersey, while Jimenez-Guzel was arrested at Newark airport

The alleged homegrown-terrorists had come from well-off families.

Sedarat’s father is famed Iranian-American poet Roger Sedarat, and Jimenez-Guzel’s mother, Meral Guzel, serves as the head of the United Nation’s Women’s Entrepreneurship program.

She has been with the United Nations for more than a decade, working on female empowerment after previously working in the finance sector, according to her LinkedIn.

Both Sedarat and Jimenez-Guzel were also student athletes at their local high school.

At six-foot-one and 235 pounds, Jimenez-Guzel served as a defensive end on the football team, while Sedarat was on the wrestling team.

‘They’re good kids,’ one woman told the New York Post, while others described the Sedarats as ‘good neighbors’ and a ‘good family.’ 

But authorities say Sedarat and Jimenez-Guzel were secretly in a group chat alongside fellow alleged terrorist suspect Saed Ali Mirreh, also 19, of Kent, Washington.

‘In their communications, they discussed detailed travel plans, physical training, weapons – including firearms and IEDs – and methods to avoid law enforcement detection,’ Acting US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba said as she announced the charges against the teenagers.

She said the messages also included photographs of Jimenez-Guzel standing in front of an ISIS flag holding a knife, as well as statements he made about conducting a ‘Boston bombing-like attack.’

Jimenez-Guzel's mother, Meral Guzel, serves as the head of the United Nation's Women's Entrepreneurship program

Jimenez-Guzel’s mother, Meral Guzel, serves as the head of the United Nation’s Women’s Entrepreneurship program

Sedarat's father, Roger Sedarat (pictured) is an award-winning Iranian American poet and a professor at Queens College in New York City

Sedarat’s father, Roger Sedarat (pictured) is an award-winning Iranian American poet and a professor at Queens College in New York City

 Disturbing court documents obtained by the New York Post describe how the teenagers said they wanted to behead infidels and become famous for ISIS-inspired terror attacks.

They also allegedly fantasized about executing Jews and carrying out antisemitic attacks in the tony New York City suburb.

In one excerpt from the criminal complaint, authorities described how Sedarat raged about his mother having Jewish friends and saying he wanted to execute ‘500 Jews’ and make their wives and children slaves.

He also allegedly said he wanted to use his car to mow down a pro-Israel march in Montclair.

Jimenez-Guzel, meanwhile, allegedly demonstrated an eagerness to participate in terrorist activities.

In one video call referenced in the complaint, Mirreh said they would have to be prepared to slit people’s throats if the were forced to make any propaganda videos.

Jimenez-Guzel then volunteered to do the beheadings himself, saying: ‘I’ll do it, bro.’

In another group chat, the teenager allegedly mused about craving infamy and said he wanted the group to ‘do something that’s going to leave a mark in history.

‘Something that’s gonna make them create a documentary on you on Netflix. Something that’s gonna make you have a Wikipedia page.’

Other times, prosecutors say, Jimenez-Guzel boasted he would wind up being ‘one of the most 100 evil people in the world,’ and posted a document in Arabic on social media titled in English ‘KILL THEM SILENTLY.’

It encouraged Muslims to practice the ‘obligation’ of jihad and ‘terrorize the disbelievers to avenge their Muslim brothers.’ 

When Mirreh noted in a group chat they would have to ‘unalive’ somebody ‘to get that mentality and get into our brain that we unalive someone and once we come, we don’t hesitate no more,’ Jimenez-Guzel responded: ‘Bro, it’ll be easy for me.’

Jimenez-Guzel allegedly took a photo of himself holding a knife in front of an ISIS flag

Jimenez-Guzel allegedly took a photo of himself holding a knife in front of an ISIS flag 

The wannabe-jihadists are pictured posing with weapons

The wannabe-jihadists are pictured posing with weapons

The group’s alleged actions plans were reportedly uncovered when an NYPD undercover officer was monitoring a suspect who was in communication with terror suspects arrested in Michigan, ABC 7 reports. 

In that case, three additional Michigan men were charged with intending to supply weapons for an alleged ISIS-inspired attack at a gay bar in Michigan.

Jimenez-Guzel is now charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terror group, and Sedarat was charged with two counts of transmitting threats to interstate and foreign commerce.

They were both shackled as they appeared in court on Wednesday, when a judge barred them from having contact with their alleged co-conspirators.

If convicted, they could now face 20 years in prison per count, plus a $250,000 fine and a lifetime supervised release.  

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