A New York woman plotted to bomb the state Capitol in Albany after pledging allegiance to ISIS and celebrating the 9\/11 terror attacks, the FBI said Thursday.<\/p>\n
Jessica Bowie, 35, from Albany, allegedly began strategizing the attack in July \u2014 and planned to place the bomb in a DoorDash\u00a0food delivery bag,\u00a0taking apparent glee in the bloodshed it would cause,the feds wrote in a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
\u201cBlowing kafirs [non-Muslims] brains out is beautiful,\u201d she told someone who turned out to be an FBI informant, the complaint said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jessica Bowie, 35, seen purchasing nails at a hardware store on Aug. 5, 2026. FBI\/DOJ<\/p>\n
A DoorDash bag that was allegedly intended to hold the explosive device. US District Court Northern District of New York<\/p>\n
She allegedly purchased bomb materials from a Home Depot on Aug. 5 and planned the attack with the help of FBI informants for two weeks, the feds said.<\/p>\n
Bowie, who converted to Islam five years ago and was going by the Islamic honorific name \u201cAisha Saif,\u201d also allegedly tracked the Capitol building for weeks, taking pictures from various vantage points including an \u201cobservation hall nearby,\u201d according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
She sent one of the informants pictures of Downtown Albany with the Capitol circled, indicating it was the building she wanted to target, telling them she would do it on a \u201cday when we know Senators will be meeting,\u201d according to the FBI.<\/p>\n
In a message, she said she wanted to \u201cTarget my State Capitol\u2026 ideally in a way I could get away with and hop on a plane after,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n
The ISIS-inspired militant planned to\u00a0escape to Syria after the attack, according to the feds.<\/p>\n
Bowie seen taking a photo on July 21, 2026 while she allegedly doing reconnaissance for the planned terror attack at the Capitol. FBI\/DOJ<\/p>\n
A search of Bowie\u2019s social media revealed many fanatical pro-radical Islamist and anti-American posts in the weeks leading up to her planned attack, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
On May 28, an account linked to Bowie posted, \u201cPraise be to Allah for September 11th,\u201d according to the FBI complaint.<\/p>\n
On May 8, another account believed to be Bowie told another user in Arabic, \u201cI will poison these infidels,\u201d the complaint alleges.<\/p>\n
The Capitol circled in a photo taken by Bowie from an \u201cobservation hall\u201d when she was allegedly planning the attack. US District Court Northern District of New York<\/p>\n
She also discussed her belief that \u201cjihad is an obligation,\u201d and recorded herself reciting a pledge of allegiance to ISIS, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n
The FBI informants met Bowie Wednesday and gave her an inert explosive device and an inert handgun, along with instructions on how to detonate the bomb, the complaint said.<\/p>\n
She was soon arrested and appeared to offer a partial confession during her interview with FBI agents, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
Jessica Bowie, 35, is accused of plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol building in Albany. Hans Pennink for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no helping me, you guys know enough, there\u2019s no helping me, I\u2019m\u2026going to prison for the rest of my life,\u201d she allegedly said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaterial support is up to 20 years in prison, I already Googled it before, I know I\u2019m going to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gov. Kathy Hochul thanked the FBI and law enforcement in thwarting the possible attack in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarlier this year, amid a rise in political violence and threats against public officials, we took steps to strengthen security at the State Capitol and across state government,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile there is no immediate threat at this time, we will continue working closely with our law enforcement partners to protect New Yorkers and keep our communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York woman plotted to bomb the state Capitol in Albany after pledging allegiance to ISIS and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4241,5357,32579,13057,57,9,11,10,49,17566,51,50,18571,3694,817,58],"class_list":["post-326112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-albany","tag-attacks","tag-bombs","tag-isis","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-assembly","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-senate","tag-terrorism","tag-upstate-new-york","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}