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The attack was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks and Khan boasted his plot could be the largest attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.
Pakistani Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge for Planned Mass Shooting in BrooklynA 21-year old Pakistani man, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge on Wednesday as he planned to use automatic weapons to carry out a mass shooting at a well-known Jewish center in Brooklyn, New York. He is expected to be sentenced on August 12, 2026.
U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe set sentencing for August 12, when Khan could face up to life in prison.
An FBI release, qouting Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg, said the mass shooting was “timed to coincide with the anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks, with the explicit goal of killing as many Jews as possible,”
.“Khan declared that New York City was the ‘perfect’ venue for his attack because of its large Jewish population and boasted that his plot could be the largest attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.”
How Khan planned the attack?
Around November 2023, Khan drew the attention of investigators came started posting on social media showing support for ISIS by sharing ISIS propaganda videos and material. He was then living in Canada. He then started planning terrorist attacks in the United States in support of ISIS. He even discussed these with two people who he thought were allies, but who were actually undercover officers.
Khan told them that he and another person in the US were planning an attack in a specific city and wanted to use AR-style rifles to target Jewish Chabad centers across that city. Khan repeatedly instructed the undercover officers to obtain AR-style assault rifles, ammunition, and other materials to carry out the attacks
In or about August 2024, Khan changed his target to New York City, telling the UCs that the target location would now be a prominent Jewish religious center in Brooklyn, New York, the release noted.
Then, around September 4, 2024, he tried to reach the US-Canada border with the help of a human smuggler. He traveled from near Toronto toward the United States, but was arrested near Ormstown, Canada.
Khan said he supported ISIS in retaliation for Israel’s actions in Gaza, but now regrets his plan, which included renting a place near the Jewish centre. "I was not raised this way," Khan told AP, adding that what he planned to do was wrong.
Khan said plotting to kill Jewish people was a "terrible, extremely dangerous and morally reprehensible idea".
Khan has been jailed since his arrest. He was granted a student visa in Canada in May 2023 and arrived in Toronto in June of that year.
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