A Pakistani man who allegedly planned a mass shooting at a New York Jewish centre while living in Toronto will face trial in the spring.

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan appeared at the U.S. District court in Manhattan, N.Y., on Tuesday. Public records show his trial by jury has been scheduled to begin May 26, 2026. If convicted, he faces life in prison.

Khan, 21, was arrested by heavily armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers near a gas station in Ormstown, Que., last year, after authorities said he paid a human smuggler to help him cross the U.S. border.

Khan faces two terrorism-related charges over an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to open fire at an unnamed Jewish centre in Brooklyn, which was set to be carried out around the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.

He pleade

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