College student allegedly plotted 'mass casualty attack' targeting Jews

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Posted on 12/20/2024 5:46:56 PM PST by grundle

A Virginia college student is accused of plotting a "mass casualty attack" on the Consulate General of Israel in New York, according to court records.

The FBI arrested Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, 18, a student at George Mason University, this week in connection with the alleged plot targeting Jews, court records show.

The case began in May, when the Fairfax County Police Department informed the agency of an anonymous tip reporting an X account that engaged in "radical and terrorist-leaning behavior," according to an affidavit in support of the criminal complaint and arrest warrant filed against Hassan in U.S. District Court in Virginia.

The account, which the FBI says it linked to Hassan, made posts in support of ISIS and al-Qaeda, according to the affidavit. Investigators say they also linked two other radical X accounts to Hassan, according to the affidavit.

An undercover FBI informant engaged with Hassan on one of the suspect's X accounts in August, and the two communicated through various platforms for several months after the source pledged loyalty to Hassan, according to the affidavit.

Hassan discussed with the source "how to travel to join ISIS" and shared ISIS propaganda, before allegedly recruiting the source in October to "conduct a mass casualty attack," according to the affidavit.

Hassan allegedly sent the source a "pro-ISIS video that called for the killing of Jews" in mid-November, and in the ensuing weeks instructions on "how to prepare a martyrdom video" and bomb-making, according to the affidavit.

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1 posted on 12/20/2024 5:46:56 PM PST by grundle

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2 posted on 12/20/2024 5:48:19 PM PST by BobL

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3 posted on 12/20/2024 5:49:25 PM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )

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4 posted on 12/20/2024 5:50:58 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )

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