US EditionPakistani man charged with plotting to attack a Jewish center in New York pleads guilty
Khan admitted he planned a mass shooting to kill as many Jews as possible and faces up to life in prison.
- On Wednesday, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a 21-year-old Pakistani man, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to attempting to commit terrorism by plotting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at a Brooklyn Jewish center.
- Authorities identified Khan after he began posting support for the Islamic State in November 2023, and he later told two undercover officers he aimed to kill Jewish people in retaliation for Israel's military actions against Palestinians in Gaza.
- Khan targeted New York City because it has the "largest Jewish population in america," planning the attack to coincide with the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas anniversary and writing, "we are going to nyc to slaughter them.
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Pakistani pleads guilty to planning ISIS-inspired Oct. 7 anniversary terror attack on NYC's Jews
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, had been charged with planning an ISIS-inspired attack on New York's Jewry on the one-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre.
Pakistani man pleads guilty to plotting ISIS-style attack in New York: ‘Goal of killing as many Jews as possible’
The attack was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks. Khan had boasted that his plot could be the largest attack on US soil since 9/11.
Pakistani man charged with plotting to attack a Jewish centre in New York pleads guilty
A Pakistani man pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge Wednesday, saying it was a “morally reprehensible idea” to support the Islamic State group by plotting to use automatic weapons to kill Jewish people at a Brooklyn centre.
NEW: Pakistani National Pleads Guilty To Plotting ISIS-Inspired Attack On Jewish Center
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as “Shahzeb Jadoon,” a 21-year-old Pakistani citizen who had been residing in Canada, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of attempting to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries. The charge relates to his alleged plan to enter the United States illegally from Canada and carry out a mass shooting using automatic weapons at a prominent Jewish …
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Pakistani man charged with plotting to attack a Jewish center in New York pleads guilty
A Pakistani man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, saying it was a “morally reprehensible idea” to support the Islamic State group by plotting to kill Jewish people in Brooklyn.
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