Mirsad Kandic faces six charges in the United States, two of which carry potential life prison sentences upon conviction
NEW YORK — A permanent U. S. resident who was arrested in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo stands accused of being a major recruiter and propagandist for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS).
Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Wednesday 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 ISIS. They say he wanted to go abroad to engage in « jihad » against U. S. military forces to obtain martyrdom.
They say Kandic disseminated terrorism propaganda to solicit people in the U. S. and promote terrorist attacks.
