US Man Charged for Attempt to Aid Al Shabaab After Oct 7 Attack on Israel

US Man Charged for Attempt to Aid Al Shabaab After Oct 7 Attack on Israel
The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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WASHINGTON—A New Jersey man arrested in Kenya has been charged for trying to aid terrorist group al Shabaab, the U.S. Justice Department said, alleging he was motivated by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel to wage violence.

The arrest comes amid heightened incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war, which have raised terror threat levels in the United States.