The FBI has arrested a student at George Mason University in Virginia for allegedly plotting a mass casualty attack on the Israeli consulate in New York, according to a federal court filing.

Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an 18-year-old freshman at George Mason University, has been charged with plotting a mass casualty attack on the Israeli consulate in New York City. The FBI arrested Hassan,

A Virginia college student was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Israeli Consulate in New York City. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an Egyptian national and 18-year-old student at George Mason University in Virginia,

George Mason University student allegedly plotted attack on Israel’s NYC consulate

Criminal complaint says Egyptian national living in Virginia encouraged informant to carry out attack, instructing him how to make a bomb, surveil the consulate and later escape The post FBI arrests man for plotting mass casualty attack against Israeli consulate in NYC appeared first on The Times of Israel.

According to the indictment, Hassan was apprehended after providing detailed bomb-making and planting instructions to an undercover agent.