NEW YORK — A Pakistani national residing in Canada sought to carry out a “coordinated assault” targeting Jews in New York City on behalf of ISIS, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
Muhammad Shahzeb Kahn, 20, expressed support for the Islamic State and on social media and in conversations with undercover law enforcement officers, the complaint said.
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Last July, he messaged one of the undercovers that he had been “actively trying to create a ‘real offline cell’ to carry out a ‘coordinated assault’ in a particular US city using AR-style rifles,” the complaint said.
Khan allegedly instructed the undercovers to obtain AR-style rifles, ammunition and other materials and decided the target would be a “Jewish religious center located in Brooklyn.”
According to the complaint, Khan wanted to time the attack to coincide with the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack …