Born: 1996;

Place of Birth: Kazakhstan;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Kazakh;

General Info:
Akhror Saidakhmetov is a citizen of Kazakhstan and one of three Brooklyn residents arrested on February 25, 2015 and charged with providing material support to the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS).

The FBI authorities detained him at the Kennedy Airport in New York where he was attempting to board a plane bound for Turkey.

Saidakhmetov was apparently planning to travel through Turkey to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group.

Saidakhmetov’s plan was to become a battlefield soldier for the Islamic State, but if not successful he was prepared to bring the fight to the streets by attacking police officers and FBI agents in the United States.

Beginning in August 2014, Saidakhmetov repeatedly expressed his radical pro-Islamic State views and his desire to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of the Islamic State.

In September 2014, while watching videos of Islamic State training camps in Syria, Saidakhmetov stated that he was going to travel to Syria to become a “Mujahid on the path of Allah.”

During the next several months, Saidakhmetov discussed with a co-conspirator their plans to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of Islamic State and reached out to purported ISIS representatives for information on traveling to join the terrorist group.

On February 19, 2015, Saidakhmetov purchased a ticket to travel from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in Queens, New York, to Istanbul, Turkey, departing on February 25, 2015.

While at JFK Airport awaiting his flight, Saidakhmetov received approximately $1,600 from a coconspirator to cover his expenses, including the purchase of a firearm after his arrival in Syria to join the Islamic State.