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A person has been arrested in Canada over an ISIS-inspired terrorist plot to focus on a Jewish heart in New York Metropolis, U.S. federal officers introduced on Friday.
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also called Shazeb Jadoon, allegedly wished to hold out a mass taking pictures to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7.
The Justice Division described Khan as a Pakistani nationwide.
“The defendant is alleged to have deliberate a terrorist assault in New York Metropolis round October seventh of this yr with the acknowledged objective of slaughtering, within the identify of ISIS, as many Jewish individuals as potential,” Legal professional Normal Merrick B Garland mentioned.
“Jewish communities — like all communities on this nation — shouldn’t must worry that they are going to be focused by a hate-fueled terrorist assault.”
Khan was arrested on September 4 in Canada, the justice division mentioned. He was captured within the city of Ormstown, in response to Canadian outlet, CBC.
Ormstown resident Elizabeth Henshaw informed Radio-Canada she got here dwelling Wednesday to see a handcuffed man being detained on her entrance garden, in addition to a lady in handcuffs close by.
“[The police] mentioned it was confidential they usually couldn’t inform me what was happening,” she mentioned.
Three others had been detained as a part of the plot, sources informed the CBC. The person was described by the outlet as a Toronto-area man.
The alleged plotter started speaking on social media in late 2023 about his assist for ISIS, and sought to focus on a Jewish heart within the borough of Brooklyn, in response to U.S. officers.
The 20-year-old sought to create an “offline cell” of ISIS supporters able to finishing up a “coordinated assault” on “Israeli Jewish chabads,” a reference to a department of the Orthodox Jewish group.
The plot initially focused a special metropolis however later shifted focus to New York as a result of it’s dwelling to the most important Jewish inhabitants within the nation.
Officers gathered proof on the alleged plot by way of using two undercover officers.
The alleged plotter sought to hold out the assault between October 7 and October 11, the start of the Jewish excessive vacation of Yom Kippur, in response to the DOJ.
Khan is charged with one depend of trying to supply materials assist and sources to a delegated overseas terrorist group. If convicted, he may face 20 years in jail.
