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An FBI
representative told the broadcaster that Nicholas Rovinski, 24,
was taken into custody on Thursday night, but they would not say
what he had been charged with.
Reuters could not independently verify the report. Kristen
Setera, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Boston, could only confirm
the arrest but not if it was linked to the case.
Last Tuesday, police said they fatally shot 26-year-old Usaamah
Abdullah Rahim when FBI agents and a Boston police officer
approached him in a parking lot to question him after
wire-tapped phone calls revealed he was planning to behead
police officers.
Officials said Rahim had been under 24-hour watch by the Joint
Terrorism Task Force and that he had discussed his plans with
two others, including his nephew, David Wright.
Wright was arrested the day of Rahim's shooting and charged with
conspiracy to obstruct justice for allegedly telling Rahim to
destroy his laptop and cell phone to prevent them from being
used as evidence against him.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Paul
Tait)
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