California Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting Attacks on Jews and Christians
Translated & summarized from Vesty by baba
Ahmad Akhtar, a 34-year-old Californian, pleaded guilty to supporting ISIS after plotting to murder a former IDF soldier and threatening to behead Jews and Christians. He surveilled a synagogue and sought instructions for bomb-making. Akhtar provided weapons and money to an undercover agent and swore allegiance to ISIS. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Ahmad Akhtar pleaded guilty to attempting to support the Islamic State terrorist organization.
- Akhtar surveilled a synagogue and planned to murder a former IDF soldier.
- He threatened to behead Jews and Christians and sought bomb-making instructions.
- Akhtar provided weapons and money to an undercover FBI agent.
- He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Ahmad Akhtar, a 34-year-old California resident, has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization. Akhtar admitted to surveilling a synagogue in California with the intent to murder a man he believed to be a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier. He told an undercover FBI agent that he was tracking the man who attended the synagogue on Saturdays and was trying to determine his home address. "Tell me what I can do when I find out where this Israeli soldier lives," Akhtar wrote to the agent. He also suggested killing the target in a random location to make the crime appear as a common homicide. Furthermore, Akhtar had threatened to behead Jews and Christians and sought instructions on how to build an explosive device for an attack at a public event. In June of the previous year, Akhtar provided the undercover agent with two loaded handguns, ammunition, and $400, and swore allegiance to ISIS. He faces up to 20 years in prison for his actions.
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