NYPD and FBI arrest New Jersey man for plotting to firebomb Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani's home with Molotov cocktails
Alexander/Andrew Heifler was arrested Thursday after a months-long NYPD undercover operation uncovered his plot to firebomb the Brooklyn home of Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani. Federal agents recovered eight Molotov cocktails from Heifler's Hoboken residence, and he was charged with two firearms offenses. The operation was conducted by the NYPD's Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremism unit in coordination with the FBI.
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NY Post
Fiery assassination plot against prominent Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani foiled by NYPD intel, FBI
dramatic crime story emphasizing assassination attempt
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NYPD and FBI say they disrupted a plot to firebomb the home of a Palestinian activist in New York
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“NYPD and FBI say they disrupted a plot to firebomb the home of a Palestinian activist in New York”CNN CNN LEFT
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“Fiery assassination plot against prominent Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani foiled by NYPD intel, FBI”NYP NY Post RIGHT
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The suspect's first name is Andrew or Alexander
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