Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani national, allegedly plotted a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn last year to mark the first anniversary of Hamas’s deadly Oct 7 attacks
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday (June 10) revealed that Canada had extradited a Pakistani national to the US on charges of trying to carry out a terror attack in New York on October 7 last year to mark the first anniversary of Hamas’s deadly attack on innocent people in Israel. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a resident of Canada, allegedly plotted a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn last year; however, he was detained by Canadian authorities.
“Major news… earlier this afternoon, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, was extradited to the United States on charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and attempting to commit acts of terrorism,” FBI director Kash Patel posted on X.
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Major news… earlier this afternoon, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, was extradited to the United States on charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and attempting to commit acts of terrorism.
In the fall of last year, Khan…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash)
“In the fall of last year, Khan allegedly planned to travel from Canada to New York and carry out a mass shooting in support of ISIS at a Jewish Center in Brooklyn. Khan allegedly planned his attack to occur on October 7, 2024 — the one year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel,” Patel added.
Patel wrote that Khan was arrested on September 4, 2024 by Canadian authorities following intel inputs from the FBI. He was taken into custody by Canadian authorities in the municipality of Ormstown, some 12 miles (19 kilometres) from the US-Canada border.
“Thankfully, the great work of FBI teams and our partners exposed those plans and shut them down — and Khan was arrested by Canadian authorities on September 4, 2024. He has now arrived in the US and will face American justice,” wrote the FBI chief.
Earlier, the US Justice Department also revealed the details of the case involving the 20-year-old Pakistani national.
US Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement that Khan planned to use automatic weapons to kill members of the Jewish community. “He planned to use automatic weapons to kill as many members of our Jewish community as possible, all in support of IS,” Clayton said.
Khan allegedly revealed his plans in conversations with conspirators who were actually undercover law enforcement officers, the Justice Department said.
