The FBI on Tuesday arrested a Cornell University student who authorities believe was behind a series of threats to kill Jewish students at the school.
Patrick Dai, a junior at the school, was charged in federal court with making a threatening communication.
Agents said they traced the messages back to an internet protocol address associated with Mr. Dai, 21, from Pittsford, New York.The threats, part of a wave of antisemitism in the wake of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliatory response, had shocked the New York campus and left Jewish students fearing for their lives.The agent did not reveal a motive in the document, but the messages suggested a deep animosity toward Jews.
Another said: “As long as the target is sub human like a zionist jew-woman then rape is allowed and encouraged by the quran. Mashallah.”The arrest was announced hours after FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared on Capitol Hill to talk about the elevated threat environment in the U.S. after the Hamas attack on Israel.
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