Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a 20-year-old Pakistani national residing in Canada who also goes under the name Shahzeb Jadoon, was extradited to the US on Tuesday over an alleged attempt to carry out an ISIS-inspired October 7 attack on New York Jewry, the Justice Department announced.

Khan now faces charges of attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, and attempting to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.

“The foreign terrorist organization ISIS remains a clear and present danger to the American people, and our Jewish citizens are especially targeted by evil groups like these,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.

“The Department of Justice is proud to help secure this extradition, and we will prosecute this man to the fullest extent of the law.”

FBI Director Kash Patel shared that Khan, allegedly, had planned to commit an attack on New York’s Jewish community, planning an ISIS-inspired mass shooting around the one-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre.

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The 'USS New York,’ an amphibious transport dock ship, passes by the Statue of Liberty during the ‘Parade of Ships,’ kicking off Fleet Week 2025 in New York City last month. (credit: Reuters/Kylie Cooper)
“As alleged, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan attempted to enter the United States to carry out a deadly terrorist attack on a Jewish center in New York City,” said US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton.

“He planned to use automatic weapons to kill as many members of our Jewish community as possible, all in support of ISIS. Khan’s deadly, antisemitic plan was thwarted by the diligent work of our law enforcement partners and the career prosecutors in this office who are committed to rooting out antisemitism and stopping terror. Thanks to their efforts, Khan will now face justice in New York.”

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan’s ISIS-Inspired plans against US Jewry

Khan was said to have begun advertising his support for ISIS on social media around November 2023, sharing propaganda videos and literature from the terror group.

It was during his social media activities that Khan is said to have unknowingly begun communicating with two undercover US law enforcement officials.

During those conversations, the department said that he confirmed he planned to carry out an attack and was actively working to create “a real offline cell” of ISIS supporters to carry out a “coordinated assault.”

Khan is then said to have requested the undercover officers gather AR-style assault rifles, ammunition, and other materials so that he could target “Israeli Jewish Chabads.”

He also allegedly asked for “some good hunting [knives] so we can slit their throats.”

Khan reportedly told the officials that “October 7 and October 11 are the best days for targeting the Jews” because “October 7 they will surely have some protests and October 11 is Yom Kippur.”

While New York City was not his initial target, the department claimed that he decided in August to target a specific Jewish center in Brooklyn.

“New York is perfect to target Jews” because it has the “largest Jewish population in America,” and therefore, “even if we don’t attack an event, we could easily rack up a lot of Jews,” Khan is said to have communicated to the officials. “We are going to NYC to slaughter them.”