(Canadian Press) A Pakistani national from Ontario wanted in the United States on terror-related charges for allegedly targeting Jewish institutions in New York City has agreed to be extradited.
During a brief Superior Court hearing Thursday in Montreal, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, consented to being sent to the U.S. to stand trial. Khan has been jailed since his arrest on Sept. 4 in Ormstown, Que., at the behest of U.S. authorities.
U.S. officials have charged him with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization.
Authorities allege that when Khan was arrested in Ormstown, located by the U.S. border, he was on his way to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn around Oct. 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.
