Feds: Terror suspect planned to kill college students, mimic Boston Marathon attack
![CHARGED: Authorities say Alexander Ciccolo, 23, above, was arrested after taking delivery of four guns, which he ordered from a person who was cooperating with members of the Western Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force.](https://c850bb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/alexanderciccolo-300x169.jpg)
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
By: Joe Dwinell, O’Ryan Johnson
The 23-year-old son of a Boston police captain said he wanted to execute “sinful” college students in a massacre similar to the marathon bombings — and then broadcast the carnage over the
Internet in a sick tribute to ISIS, federal prosecutors said yesterday.
Alexander Ciccolo is the estranged son of Boston police Capt. Robert Ciccolo, who turned his son in to authorities, a law enforcement official told bostonherald.com yesterday.