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Uzbek man nabbed for leading wannabe ISIS crew from NYC home — after spending decade on the run

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Marino, J., & Kochman, B. (2026, September 24). Uzbek man nabbed for leading wannabe ISIS crew from NYC home — after spending decade on the run. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/us-news/uzbek-man-nabbed-for-boosting-isis-from-nyc-home-after-spending-10-years-on-the-run/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-24 · by Joe Marino, Ben Kochman

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Davud Ansariy, a 41-year-old Uzbek national and naturalized US citizen, was arrested in Georgia and brought back to New York City after spending ten years on the run for allegedly leading a group of aspiring ISIS members from his Brooklyn home. The group, nicknamed the “tea party,” discussed plans including assassinating President Obama, bombing Coney Island, and shooting police officers between 2014 and 2016. Ansariy faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted on charges related to supporting terrorist organizations and raising funds for travel to Syria for members of ISIS and Al-Nusra Front.
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Davud Ansariy, a naturalized US citizen from Uzbekistan, was arrested on Wednesday in Georgia and flown back to the United States. He had fled New York City via a one-way flight to Turkey in May 2016, after allegedly leading a group of individuals who supported ISIS and planned terrorist activities like assassinating then-President Barack Obama, bombing Coney Island, and attacking police and FBI agents from 2014 to 2016. The FBI and NYPD greeted him at JFK Airport in Queens upon his return. Ansariy was held without bail after being arraigned on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, facing up to 35 years in prison if convicted of multiple terror charges. James C. Barnacle Jr., assistant director in charge of the FBI New York’s field office, emphasized that the FBI does not forget those who evade justice by fleeing the country.

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📰 ISIS Crew Leader Arrested
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sentences that state something as happening or true
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42%
8 of 19 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Joe Marino
57 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 The city’s medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
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🔮 Local officials are expected to hold another press conference with additional details around 8:30 p.m. EST.
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
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Ben Kochman
8 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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🔮 “My friends are in New York, so many of them; they are in New York and in the state of Ohio and all over the United States,” Alzaq allegedly told the officer, who had asked how he could contribute.
🔮 Ansariy, a naturalized US citizen who left the Big Apple on a one-way flight to Turkey in May 2016, was nabbed in the country of Georgia Wednesday and flown to JFK Airport in Queens, where a phalanx of FBI and NYPD agents greeted him on the tarmac.
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Topics

America Brooklyn Coney Island FBI ISIS

Subjects

FBI ORG · 8× Ansariy PERSON · 5× ISIS ORG · 5× America GPE · 2× Brooklyn GPE · 2× Coney Island GPE · 2× Syria GPE · 2× Davud Ansariy PERSON · 1× New York City GPE · 1× Uzbekistan GPE · 1×

Narrative

“Today, we show the world that this FBI does not forget those who support terrorist organizations and skirt justice by fleeing the country,” said James C. Barnacle Jr., assistant director in charge of the FBI New York’s field office, in a video announcing Ansariy’s arrest.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-24
🔮 Ansariy, a naturalized US citizen who left the Big Apple on a one-way flight to Turkey in May 2016, was nabbed in the country of Georgia Wednesday and flown to JFK Airport in Queens, where a phalanx of FBI and NYPD agents greeted him on the tarmac.

Claims (19 extracted, 8 hedged)

An Uzbekistan national who fled New York City a decade ago after allegedly leading a bloodthirsty crew of wannabe ISIS members dubbed the “tea party” from his Brooklyn home has been hauled back to the city to face justice. uncertain
who → flee → justice
Davud Ansariy, 41, led a group of America-haters whose members allegedly mused about assassinating then-President Barack Obama, bombing Coney Island and shooting police and FBI agents from 2014 to 2016, the feds allege. uncertain
feds → lead → 2016
Ansariy, a naturalized US citizen who left the Big Apple on a one-way flight to Turkey in May 2016, was nabbed in the country of Georgia Wednesday and flown to JFK Airport in Queens, where a phalanx of FBI and NYPD agents greeted him on the tarmac. uncertain
phalanx → leave → tarmac
He was then held without bail at his first appearance Thursday afternoon in Brooklyn federal court, where he faces a max of 35 years in prison if convicted of multiple terror charges. asserted
he → hold → charges
“Today, we show the world that this FBI does not forget those who support terrorist organizations and skirt justice by fleeing the country,” said James C. Barnacle Jr., assistant director in charge of the FBI New York’s field office, in a video announcing Ansariy’s arrest. asserted
Jr. → show → arrest
Ansariy allegedly raised funds between 2014 and 2016 for aspiring members of both ISIS and Al-Nusrah Front as part of a crew that called itself the “tea party,” court papers claim. uncertain
papers → raise → itself
The crew used coded language and called itself “chayxona,” an Uzbek word which translates to “tea house” or “tea party,” feds at the US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District detailed. asserted
feds → use → District
Ansariy and his pals funded the travel of at least three individuals in 2013 to Syria — where all three are believed to have been killed, prosecutors say. asserted
prosecutors → fund → Syria
He also allegedly raised money for convicted coconspirator Akhror Saidakhmetov, who was arrested in 2015 after allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS and telling an FBI informant that if he couldn’t get travel documents to go to Syria, “I will just buy a machine gun, an AK-47, go out and shoot all police,” court papers say. uncertain
papers → raise → police
Saidakhmetov allegedly continued: “It is legal in America to carry a gun. uncertain
It → continue → gun
We will go and purchase one handgun . . . then go and shoot one police officer. asserted
We → go → officer
Then, we will take his gun, bullets and a bulletproof vest . . . then we will do the same with a couple of others. asserted
we → take → others
Then we will go [to] the FBI headquarters, kill the FBI people.” asserted
we → go → people
Another alleged member of the same crew, Abdulrasul Hasanovich Juraboev, told the FBI that he would “plant a bomb on Coney Island” if ordered to do so by ISIS, court papers allege. asserted
papers → tell → ISIS
Juraboev also allegedly mused online about becoming a martyr by killing the then president. uncertain
Juraboev → muse → president
“What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves, will it do? asserted
it → say → Obama
That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels,” he allegedly wrote in Uzbek on an ISIS-related website. uncertain
he → strike → website
Ansariy pleaded not guilty Thursday to one count of conspiring and one count of attempting to provide material support to the two terror groups. asserted
Ansariy → plead → groups
His court-appointed lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. asserted
lawyer → appoint → comment
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