Arrest Thwarts Plot Against Nerdeen Kiswani, Pro-Palestinian Activist
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The New York Police Department and federal authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, a leader of a prominent pro-Palestinian protest group in New York.
- Alexander Heifler, a 26-year-old man from Hoboken, New Jersey, was arrested after authorities found eight Molotov cocktails at his residence.
- Heifler was charged with making and possessing Molotov cocktails and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Newark.
- The plot, which involved discussions of using the devices for “self-defense,” had been ongoing since at least February and was uncovered in part through an undercover detective's involvement.
- The FBI informed Kiswani and her lawyer of the arrest but did not disclose the motive behind the planned attack.
