“If we succeed with our plan, this would be largest attack on US …,” read message of Pakistani national arrested for planning terror attacks in New York

Role of encrypted messaging apps may again be in focus. A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen, residing in Canada, has been arrested and charged by the US for planning a terror attack. Khan, or Shahzeb Jadoon, planned a terrorist attack in New York City (NYC) around October 7 with the “goal of slaughtering, in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), as many Jewish people as possible,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.