As crime and hate across the board citywide have people on alert. According to reports, a Pakistani national is facing federal charges after a bizarre plot was foiled by officials.
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According to Pix 11, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, is a Pakistani national who is living in Canada. Police say that he plotted to attack a popular Jewish center in Brooklyn as part of a terrifying hate campaign against the Jewish community in the boroughs. Though he did not made it across the border when he attempted to enter the U.S this week.
“The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around Oct. 7 of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said also per Pix 11.