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A Pakistani man pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge on Wednesday, saying it was a "morally reprehensible idea" to support the Islamic State group by plotting to use automatic weapons to kill Jewish people at a Brooklyn centre. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 21, said he answered the group's call for Muslims to kill Jewish people by plotting to attack the Jewish centre in October 2024. He entered the plea in Manhattan federal court over 18 months after he was brought to the United States from Canada, where he was arrested on September 4, 2024, in or near Ormstown, Canada, which is 12 miles from the US border. In a release, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A Eisenberg, said Khan planned a mass shooting to coincide with the anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks "with the explicit goal of killing as many Jews as possible". Eisenberg said Khan, also known as "Shahzeb Jadoon", had boasted that he would carry out the largest attack on US soil since the September
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