Man charged with plotting attack on N.Y. Jewish center on Oct. 7 anniversary

U.S. officials have charged a Canadian resident with plotting to travel to New York to try to carry out a mass shooting against Jewish people on the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks in southern Israel, authorities announced Friday. The Justice Department said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a 20-year-old Pakistani citizen, was arrested Wednesday in Canada on U.S. charges that he attempted to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization — the Islamic State. Khan “is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. Advertisement Undercover law enforcement agents struck up online conversations with Khan, who they said gave instructions to obtain AR-style assault rifles and ammunition, according to the charging document. At one point, Khan allegedly said that “Oct 7th and oct 11th are the best days” for such an attack because the Oct. 7 would probably bring significant protests and Oct. 11 was the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Advertisement This week, authorities said, Khan tried to reach the United States using three separate cars, before he was stopped about 12 miles from the border and taken into custody. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/06/new-york-oct-7-attack-pakistani-canadian-arrested/