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Feds Thwart Planned Mass Shooting on Gay Clubs, Synagogues
Federal law enforcement officials thwarted a potentially violent attack on Jewish and LGBTQ+ people, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger announced Thursday.According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in New Jersey, Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville, was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce the prior week. Prosecutors allege that the teenager communicated with several people, some of whom he believed were ISIS operatives, about plans to attack Jewish people by shooting congregants at synagogues.