Man arrested over plot to firebomb NY pro-Palestinian activist's home

Agents found eight Molotov cocktails in the man's Hoboken home, according to court documents.

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Activist Nerdeen Kiswani said in a statement on X that federal authorities had informed her on Thursday that "a plot against my life" was about to take place.

Authorities said Alexander Heifler had been taken into custody in New Jersey and charged with the unlawful possession and making of destructive devices. Agents found eight Molotov cocktails in his Hoboken, New Jersey home, according to court documents.

The charging document did not specify a motive for the planned attack.

Heifler, who is a US citizen, has been described by police as an "extremist with no criminal record with the New York Police Department", CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported.