New York Man Arrested, Accused of Supporting ISIS

Over the last year, Alimehmeti purchased multiple military-styled knives, masks, handcuffs, a pocket chainsaw, and steel-knuckled gloves.

Kashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration in India against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in downtown Srinagar, on July 18, 2014. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images

Sajmir Alimehmeti, aka Abdul Qawii, 22, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested on May 24 for attempting to aid the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS).

Sajmir Alimehmeti, 22, is pictured here in Middle Eastern garb, holding up an index finger—a gesture ISIS fighters similarly make in photo. FBI photo