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B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin spoke to The Globe and Mail (Canada) about the foiled terror plot targeting Jewish people in New York City. Read his statement in The Globe and Mail, or below.
U.S. federal prosecutors allege that a Pakistani citizen arrested in Quebec had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and plotted a mass shooting against Jewish people in New York City to mark the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas attack in Israel.
The Department of Justice said in a statement Friday that 20-year-old Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, faces one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. He faces a possible 20-year sentence.
He had been living in Canada prior to being arrested Wednesday in Ormstown, Que., as he was close to crossing the Canada-U.S border, the statement said.
“Khan, who resided in Canada, attempted to travel from Canada to New York City, where he intended to use automatic and semi-automatic weapons to carry out a mass shooting in support of ISIS at a Jewish center in Brooklyn, New York,” U.S. prosecutors said in the statement.
According to a criminal complaint filed by a federal prosecutor in New York, Mr. Khan expressed hopes in online chats and verbal conversation with informants and undercover officers about launching an Islamic State terrorist attack in North America that would celebrate the one-year anniversary of last year’s Hamas attack in Israel.
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B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin issued a statement that said the allegations speak “volumes about the tsunami of anti-Semitism now sweeping the globe.”
“We’re reminded, once again, that vigilance, on the part of all of us, remains the vital watchword in meeting the threats posed such vile haters,” the statement said.
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