Man arrested in alleged plan to kill Jewish people in New York around Oct. 7 anniversary
A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada faces a federal charge for a plan to attack a New York City Jewish center on or around Oct. 7 in support of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Friday.
A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada faces a federal charge for a plan to attack a New York City Jewish center on or around Oct. 7 in support of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Friday.
Authorities alleged the suspect zeroed in on Oct. 7 as the one year anniversary of Hamas' terrorist attack, in which over 1,200 were killed and about 250 taken hostage.
He also considered Oct. 11, because it is Yom Kippur, the holiest religious holiday in Judaism, prosecutors said.
"The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible," Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement.
The Oct. 7 terrorist attack sparked Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in Gaza. More than 40,000 people have been killed in Israel’s military offensive, according to the Ministry of Health in Hamas-run Gaza.
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