ISIS in Canada?! Again? The Failed Plot to Attack Jews Exposed

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A Pakistani citizen was arrested in Canada for planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the United States, the United States Department of Justice has revealed. 

In a press release dated September 6th, the US Department of Justice said that a 20-year-old Pakistani citizen named Muhammad Shahzeb Khan (also known as Shazeb Jadoon) was arrested on September 4th by authorities in Canada. 

Khan is accused of attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), which is the Islamic State (IS). He is a target of an investigation by the FBI and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted.

According to American authorities, Khan was arrested by Canadian police near the border with Quebec, and they are now seeking to extradite him to the United States.

“The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible,” United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in the news release. 

“Thanks to the investigative work of the FBI and the quick action of our Canadian law enforcement partners, the defendant was taken into custody. As I said to Canada’s Minister of Public Safety yesterday, we are deeply grateful to our Canadian partners for their critical law enforcement actions in this matter,” Garland also said, adding that the Justice Department will work with domestic law enforcement agencies and international partners to counter the threat posed by IS and other terrorist groups.

A complaint filed with a New York court alleges that Khan began showing his support for the Islamic State on social media around November 2023. He then started communicating with two undercover law enforcement officers, who were told that "New York is perfect to target Jews" because the city has the "largest Jewish population In America."

The suspect allegedly intended to use automatic and semi-automatic weapons to carry out a mass attack on or around the first anniversary of Hamas’s attack against Israel, where 1,200 Israelis were killed and hundreds were taken hostage. 

He repeatedly shared specific plans with the undercover officers, urging them to secure firearms for the attack, and even claimed that he was paying a human smuggler to sneak him out of Canada and into the United States.

Khan also allegedly wrote to the officers that he had "been praying for martyrdom" and that "if we succeed with our plan, this would be the largest attack on US soil since 9/11."

After using three separate cars to travel across Canada and into the United States, Khan was stopped and arrested in or around Ormstown, approximately 12 miles or 20 kilometers from the United States-Canada border. The driver of the vehicle and an additional female passenger were not identified.

"With the strong partnership between Canada and the U.S., we can reassure the public that as his actions escalated, at no point in time was Khan an immediate threat prior to his arrest," The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a news release. "The RCMP continues to work in collaboration with our domestic and international partners to detect, investigate, and disrupt criminal acts that are targeting Jewish Communities."

Khan was arrested under Canada’s Criminal Code for attempting to leave Canada to commit an offense for a terrorist group, participating in activities for a terrorist group, and conspiracy to commit an offense by violating US immigration law.

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