New Jersey man admits posting broad online threat to synagogues

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man has admitted posting a broad online threat that spurred heightened security at synagogues and Jewish schools in th...

July 25, 2023
4:58 AM

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man has admitted posting a broad online threat that spurred heightened security at synagogues and Jewish schools in the state last year, Omar Alkattoul, 19, of Sayreville, pleaded guilty Wednesday, July 12, to transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce. He faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced Nov. 14. Federal prosecutors have said Alkattoul expressed hatred of Jews and admitted posting online that 'God cursed the Jewish people. and God should burn gay people.

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