A Pakistani citizen has been arrested in Canada and charged with plotting a terrorist attack in New York.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shazeb Jadoon, resided in Canada and attempted to enter the U.S. to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn.
Khan was arrested by Canadian police near the border in Quebec on or about Sept. 4, according to U.S. authorities, who are now seeking his extradition.
“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,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a news release on Friday. “As I said to Canada’s Minister of Public Safety yesterday, we are deeply grateful to our Canadian partners for their critical law enforcement actions in this matter.”
The target of an FBI investigation, Khan has been charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
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