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| Boise Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty, Faces Trial In July |
| 2013-05-19 |
[KTVB] An Uzbekistan national locked awayYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in Boise has pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." in federal court to charges he conspired with a terrorist group on a scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, appeared before a federal judge at 8:30 a.m. He used an interpreter over the phone to communicate his not-guilty plea. Kurbanov's trial is now set for July 2, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. FBI agents and police raided Kurbanov's apartment on Cassia Street in Boise on Thursday after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment accusing him of federal terrorism charges. Court documents show those charges are based on evidence Kurbanov conspired with a foreign terrorist organization in Uzbekistan, possessed an unregistered bomb, made shopping trips for bomb-making materials, conspired with others on how to make bombs, and showed instructional videos on the topic. FEDERAL CHARGES IN IDAHO According to U.S. district court documents, Kurbanov both conspired with individual hard boyz to carry out illegal activities and conspired with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a known terrorist organization. The charges state the Kurbanov also provided material support and resources to the organization, including computer software and money. The indictment out of Idaho also states that Kurbanov possessed a hollow hand grenade stuffed with a hobby fuse, aluminum powder, potassium nitrate and sulfur on or about the time of Nov. 15, 2012. FEDERAL CHARGES IN UTAH A separate federal grand jury in Utah also returned an indictment charging Kurbanov with distributing information about explosives, bombs and weapons of mass destruction. David Barlow, the U.S. attorney in Utah, said the grand jury alleges that Kurbanov provided written recipes for how to make improvised bombs and went on instructional shopping trips in Utah showing what items are necessary to buy to make the devices. He said Kurbanov also showed Internet videos on the topic. The prosecutor declined to say whom Kurbanov took on the shopping trips in Utah but said that information will come out as the case moves through the courts. Federal authorities tell KTVB Kurbanov will likely face the Idaho charges and any resulting trial period here in Boise before he faces the charges out of Utah. |
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