An alleged ISIS supporter who came to Ontario on a study permit has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in New York, amid allegations he planned a shooting rampage at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn.
Public records show Muhammad Shahzeb Khan was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday, after being extradited to the U.S. from a Canadian jail earlier this week.
Prosecutors said Khan, a 20-year-old Pakistani citizen, is charged with:
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Attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
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Attempting to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
If convicted, he faces life in prison. His attorneys, Andrew Dalack and Marne Lenox, declined to comment on the case.
Khan was arrested last September by heavily armed RCMP officers near a gas station in Ormstown, Que., roughly 20 kilometres from the New York state border. He had …