Jewish community reacts to thwarted terror attack in Brooklyn
News 12’s Julia Burns spoke with members of the Jewish community in Brooklyn Saturday after U.S. officials announced the arrested of a Pakistani man, accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center.
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News 12’s Julia Burns spoke with members of the Jewish community in Brooklyn Saturday after U.S. officials announced the arrested of a Pakistani man, accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan had attempted to travel from Canada, where he lives, to New York City with the “stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible.”
The 20 year-old, who is also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was apprehended Sept. 4 and charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the terror group, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.
“Jewish communities — like all communities in this country — should not have to fear that they will be targeted by a hate-fueled terrorist attack,” Garland said in a statement.
His online messages described the Brooklyn site, which is not named in court documents, as “the ultra orthodox hasidic jews world headquarters,” according to authorities.
AP Wire Services were used in this report.
