NYPD plans to up security at NYC synagogues after a thwarted terror attack and as the Jewish High Holidays approach.
NEW YORK -- The NYPD says it plans to up security at synagogues around New York City as the Jewish High Holidays approach. Days ago, federal investigators announced they thwarted a terror attack on the city's Jewish community, when agents arrested a Pakistani national in Canada.According to the criminal complaint, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan intended to use AR-style rifles to 'slaughter' Jewish people in New York.
'Obviously, it's of concern that there are people out there that wish to harm other people for no other reason than deep-rooted hatred,' Seligson said. Suspect planned mass shooting in Brooklyn in support of ISIS, prosecutors sayKhan planned to carry out the mass shooting in support of ISIS at a Jewish center in Brooklyn, prosecutors said. The specific center was not identified in the criminal complaint. According to investigators, Khan planned to attack Oct.
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