A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a "violent attack" against a New York-based pro-Palestinian activist, authorities say.
Activist Nerdeen Kiswani said in a statement on X that federal authorities had informed her on Thursday that "a plot against my life" was about to take place.
Authorities said Alexander Heifler had been taken into custody in New Jersey and charged with the unlawful possession and making of destructive devices. Agents found eight Molotov cocktails in his Hoboken, New Jersey home, according to court documents.
The charging document did not specify a motive for the planned attack.
Heifler, who is a US citizen, has been described by police as an "extremist with no criminal record with the New York Police Department", CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported.
