Suspected New Jersey jihadi fantasized about killing Jews with swords in alleged ISIS plot: feds
Federal agents say a -year-old from New Jersey went from online hate to detailed fantasies about killing Jewish people with swords part of a wider ISIS-inspired terror plot that the FBI broke up before Halloween Prosecutors say Milo Sedarat was one of six subjects charged in three states after functionaries uncovered plans for mass shootings in Michigan and plans to movement to Syria to fight on behalf of the Islamic State terror group I'm the biggest anti semite sic in America he allegedly wrote to an unidentified friend according to a federal criminal complaint And after widespread anti-Israel protests on college campuses broke out in April over the conflict between the Israeli governing body and Hamas terrorists he allegedly wrote to the friend b ro everyone hates the Jews now I hope a second holocaust happens to them He also allegedly described suspected co-conspirators that he wished to kill his mother s Jewish friends MANCHESTER SYNAGOGUE ATTACKER 'PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE ' POLICE SAY Bro my moms Jewish friends r brainwashing her Into being a Zionist Sedarat allegedly wrote to the friend in January using shorthand I wanna kill her friends I'm gonna stab them with my sword Lowkey say the state of Israel Instead of Israel the friend who is not identified in court documents recounted him Cuz prophet Joseph is also Israel LISTEN Court unseals audio of suspected Halloween plotterShe was apparently concerned about his threats according to the complaint and hid one of his swords But a meager weeks later he allegedly shared images of himself holding multiple knives and swords SUBJECTS IN FOILED HALLOWEEN TERROR PLOT PICTURED PRACTICING AT MICHIGAN GUN RANGE FBIIn another conversation the friend mentioned he saw an Israeli protest nearby I'm gonna drive into the protest and run over like Jews came Sedarat's alleged reply FBI HES JOKING the friend wrote back ANTISEMITIC ATTACKER FACED -YEAR SENTENCE GETS LESS THAN YEARS IN PLEA DEALAnd in another exchange he allegedly fantasized about lining up and executing Jewish men in front of their families then taking their wives as slaves Sedarat allegedly claimed he was willing to get shot or go to prison if he could kill a rabbi on the streets of New York and argued that Hezbollah militants are so lucky because they launched missles sic at Israel It's not the same tho Even a gun I wanna kill them with a s word he allegedly wrote Look them in the eyes As I take their women and stab them MAN LINKED TO HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL INDICTED IN LOUISIANA FOR CONSPIRING TO ADVOCACY TERRORIST GROUPFederal agents also allegedly gained access to a cloud storage account that contained videos of Sedarat firing at a gun range and text messages in which he wrote to another person that he was going to strap a bomb to his chest and blow up an unnamed company headquarters in Palo Alto California Federal agents arrived at his father s house in Montclair New Jersey on Tuesday in tactical gear and armored vehicles to arrest him He did not enter a plea at his first appearance in federal court Wednesday His father an Iranian-American poet and English professor at Queens College in New York City has not responded to requests for comment