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Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:05 PM Dec 2023

New Jersey man motivated by Hamas threatened attack on US: Feds

Source: ABC News

New Jersey man motivated by Hamas threatened attack on US: Feds

Karrem Nasr, 23, was arrested in Kenya and brought back to the U.S.

ByAaron Katersky
December 29, 2023, 12:06 PM

A New Jersey man motivated by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel "devoted himself to waging violent jihad against America and its allies" and sought to join a foreign terror group, federal prosecutors in New York said Friday.

Karrem Nasr, 23, was arrested in Kenya earlier this month and brought to New York to face charges of attempting to provide material support to al-Shabab, the Somalia-based terror group affiliated with al-Qaida.

Nasr is expected to make an appearance later Friday before a federal magistrate in Manhattan federal court.

"As alleged, Karrem Nasr, motivated by the heinous terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, devoted himself to waging violent jihad against America and its allies. Nasr, a citizen of this country, traveled from Egypt to Kenya bent on joining and training with al Shabab so that he could execute his jihadist mission of death and destruction. Nasr was prepared to kill and be killed to support the jihadist cause, and in his own words, he described America as 'evil' and the 'head of the snake,'" U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.

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