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Researchers identify three new ISIS arrests

Three individuals linked to ISIS were arrested in the U.S. last month, bringing the total of arrests since March 2014 to 88, GW’s Program on Extremism said in a release Monday.

The Program on Extremism, which is part of the University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, has been putting out monthly updates since December 2015 that identify and examine these arrests.

Seamus Hughes, deputy director of the program, said in the release that the goal of the reports is to explain “nuanced” cases using empirical data.

“The idea is to put everything in perspective,” Hughes said.

The research has found that the average age of arrestees is 26, and 88 percent are male. Thirty-eight percent are Islam converts.

Forty-four percent were charged with traveling or attempting to travel abroad, while 32 percent were charged with involvement in plotted attacks within the U.S.

The “vast majority” of those charged are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, the release said. The three individuals arrested last month, along with 34 others, have either pleaded or been found guilty.

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