US authorities charged a woman who allegedly supported the Islamic State jihadist group with a terrorism offense on Thursday after she told an FBI informant she “wanted to destroy” the New York State Capitol buildings, court filings showed.

Located in Albany in upstate New York, the State Capitol is the nerve center of the state government in its capital city, and contains both houses of the state’s legislature.

Jessica Bowie, 35, was charged with attempting to provide material support to designated “foreign terrorist organizations” according to court filings.

The woman had allegedly converted to Islam and become a vocal online supporter of ISIS, posting anti-American messages online including for the September 11, 2001, attackers.

She is alleged to have told an FBI informant of her support for the proscribed group and sought guidance on how to manufacture explosives, the criminal complaint shows.

Bowie told the informant that she would “make it a point to have picnics by the capital to observe” and learn about security measures, the complaint alleges.

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