Canadian authorities have arrested a man at the border with the USA. He is said to have planned an attack on a Jewish center around October 7.
New York – On Wednesday (September 4), a man was arrested at the Canada-US border on suspicion of attempting to steal a Attack planned in New York According to the US Department of Justice, the man is said to have planned to murder “as many Jewish civilians as possible,” reports the New York TimesThe 20-year-old Pakistani citizen carried out the attack around the anniversary of the Hamas-Attack on Israel on October 7.
Planned IS attack on Jewish center in Brooklyn foiled
He had planned a “mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn” in the name of the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS), reports the Times citing the prosecutor’s office. In a statement, it was said that he had wanted to “cause a bloodbath in a Jewish center in Brooklyn with automatic and semi-automatic weapons.” The 20-year-old was arrested after attempting to enter the United States from Canada, north of the border with New York State.
Planned attack around October 7: Terror suspect under surveillance since November
The 20-year-old had been under surveillance since November, the US Department of Justice said. He was being monitored mainly because of his messages on online networks, his encrypted communications and the “distribution of videos and literature containing IS propaganda.” Attorney General Merrick Garland said according to CNN in a statement, “that Jewish communities – like all communities in this country – need not fear becoming victims of a hateful terrorist attack.”
In a public statement, the Canadian police said that the terror suspect would appear before the Supreme Court in Montreal on September 13. “This planned anti-Semitic attack against Jewish people in the United States is deplorable and there is no place for such an ideological and hate-motivated crime in Canada,” the statement continued. The Pakistani faces up to 20 years in prison. (pav)
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