New Jersey man admits posting broad online threat to synagogues
TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man has admitted posting a broad online threat that spurred heightened security at synagogues and Jewish schools in the state last year, Omar Alkattoul, 19, of Sayreville, pleaded guilty Wednesday, July 12, to transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce.
He faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced Nov. 14. Federal prosecutors have said Alkattoul expressed hatred of Jews and admitted posting online that “God cursed the Jewish people.
and God should burn gay people.” He also told investigators he had researched how to obtain a gun, shooting ranges and mass shootings but in the days before posting his threat was “about ‘0/50” on whether he would actually carry out an attack.
Authorities have said they did not believe Alkattoul had the means to carry out any specific attack. Alkattoul used a social media app on Nov.
