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.

A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York,

The FBI arrested a student at Virginia’s George Mason University (GMU) for the alleged distribution of information related to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction and the intent to murder internationally protected persons,

A freshman at George Mason University is in federal custody after he allegedly plotted a “mass casualty attack” on the Israeli consulate in New York, according to the FBI. The student, Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan ( pictured ), 18, faces a number of federal charges and is being deported back to his home country of Egypt, CNN reports.

A George Mason University student who is allegedly obsessed with martyrdom and ISIS was arrested and accused of plotting an attack on the Israeli consulate in New York City, officials said Friday.

An Egyptian man living in Virginia allegedly planned to attack the Israeli consulate in New York City, the FBI and Justice Department said Thursday

The FBI first began investigating 18-year-old Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan in May after receiving an anonymous tip regarding his account on X

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.