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Canadian resident arrested over alleged Oct. 7 plot to kill Jews in New York
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, is alleged to have had the goal of ‘slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible,’ the U.S. attorney general said
When a father and son were arrested this summer in Ontario over an alleged terrorist plot, U.S. authorities say the news spooked a 20-year-old Pakistani national and Canadian resident named Muhammad Shahzeb Khan.
They say Khan used encrypted messaging to warn that because of the arrests “here in Toronto,” there was a need to “lay low” on his own alleged plans: killing as many Jewish people as possible in New York around the Oct. 7 anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel.
But the person receiving the message wasn’t an ally of Khan’s _ they were an undercover American agent.
U.S. authorities and the RCMP on Friday announced that Khan had been arrested in Ormstown, Que., on Wednesday over his alleged plot to attack a Jewish centre in Brooklyn with guns and knives in the name of the Islamic State.
They said Khan, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on his way to New York to carry out his plans.
United States Attorney General Merrick Garland said Khan was alleged to have had the goal of “slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible.”
He said Khan was arrested thanks to “quick action” by Canadian law enforcement.
