May 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. citizen was charged in the United States with attempting to firebomb the U.S. embassy in Israel earlier this month.
The suspect, Joseph Neumeyer, was deported by Israel to the United States and was arrested by FBI agents on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
According to the criminal complaint unsealed Sunday, Neumeyer, who was born in Colorado but is a dual U.S.-German citizen, is believed to have left the United States for Israel via Toronto in April.
On May 19, at about 1:20 p.m. local time, he is accused of approaching the Branch Office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on foot with a dark-colored backpack.
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