Former US resident accused of trying to recruit for Islamic State group

Brooklyn federal prosecutors said that ex-New Yorker Mirsad Kandic is now in the United States to faces six charges.

New York, November 2: A permanent US resident who was arrested in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo stands accused of being a major recruiter and propagandist for the Islamic State group.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors said that ex-New Yorker Mirsad Kandic is now in the United States to faces six charges.

Two of the counts carry potential life prison sentences upon conviction. A lawyer for Kandic did not immediately comment.

In court papers, prosecutors said Kandic was living in the Bronx and Brooklyn before he used fake documents to overcome a no-fly designation and go to Turkey before joining the Islamic State.

They say he wanted to go abroad to engage in "jihad" against US military forces to obtain martyrdom. They say Kandic disseminated terrorism propaganda to solicit people in the US and promote terrorist attacks.

PTI