March 27 (UPI) -- Federal officials arrested a man accused of plotting to firebomb the Brooklyn, N.Y., home of Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani, the Justice Department announced Friday.
Alexander Heifler, 26, faces one count of unlawful possession of destructive devices and one count of making destructive devices. The Hoboken, N.J., man allegedly constructed Molotov cocktails he planned to throw at Kiswani's home.
Kiswani is the co-founder of the group Within Our Lifetime, a New York City-based organization supporting Palestinians.
A complaint from the Justice Department said Heifler was charged as a result of an undercover operation by the New York Police Department. He was arrested Thursday night.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed the NYPD's involvement in the investigation in a post on X.
