“… After they were arrested, both men made statements referring to ISIS, the complaint says. Mr. Balat said that they “wanted to carry out an attack bigger than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which Balat noted, caused only ‘three deaths,’” according to the complaint. New York officials have also referred to Mr. Kayumi as Mr. Nikk.
Mr. Balat also wrote on a piece a paper that he pledged allegiance “to the Islamic State,” the complaint says. And it adds that Mr. Kayumi told police that he had watched ISIS propaganda on his phone “and was partly inspired to carry out his actions that day by ISIS.”…”