The accused Muhammad Shahzeb Khan was taken into custody by Canadian authorities. (Representational)
Washington:
A Pakistani man residing in Canada has been arrested on costs of plotting to hold out an assault on Jews in New York Metropolis, the US Justice Division stated Friday.
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, often known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Wednesday on costs filed in the USA, the division stated.
“The defendant is alleged to have deliberate a terrorist assault in New York Metropolis round October 7 of this yr with the said objective of slaughtering, within the title of (the Islamic State), as many Jewish individuals as attainable,” Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland stated in an announcement.
“Due to the investigative work of the FBI, and the short motion of our Canadian regulation enforcement companions, the defendant was taken into custody,” he stated.
In keeping with the felony grievance, Khan deliberate to journey to New York and perform a mass capturing in assist of IS at a Jewish middle in Brooklyn on the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel.
He revealed his plans in conversations with conspirators who had been really undercover regulation enforcement officers, it stated.
Khan was taken into custody by Canadian authorities within the city of Ormstown some 12 miles (19 kilometers) from the US-Canada border.
The Justice Division stated it would search his extradition from Canada.
Khan is charged with trying to offer materials assist and assets to a chosen international terrorist group. He may resist 20 years in jail if convicted.
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