Threats of Violence at Yonkers St. Patrick's Day Parade

An ISIS sympathizer, Ridon Kola, was arrested and charged with federal charges after making menacing messages directed at the police and city officials in Yonkers, New York, and social media posts "declaring war on America." Kola allegedly threatened to "slaughter" cops and "kill the fat rat mayor" of Yonkers during a St. Patrick's Day Parade. Federal prosecutors connected Kola to ISIS using several social media posts that he allegedly made, including supportive messages about Sayfullo Saipov, who was convicted for his ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in New York City that killed eight people on a bike path on Halloween 2017.