执法官员称,一名拥有美国和德国双重国籍的公民周日在布鲁克林的联邦法院出庭,被指控试图向美国驻特拉维夫大使馆的一个分支机构投掷燃烧弹。
约瑟夫·纽迈耶来到了以色列4月和5月19日,他在自己的脸书账户上写道,“今天下午和我一起去特拉维夫,我们正在烧毁美国。大使馆”和“和我一起烧掉特拉维夫的大使馆。美国去死吧。美国人和西方去死吧,”根据一份刑事起诉书。
起诉书称,同一天,Neumeyer背着一个背包来到美国驻特拉维夫大使馆的分支办公室外面。起诉书称,纽迈耶走近一名警卫并向其吐口水,警卫试图拘留纽迈耶,纽迈耶在转身逃跑前说了脏话,留下了他的背包。
根据诉状,执法官员从Neumeyer的背包中发现了几个已经变成燃烧瓶的瓶子。
当局称,他在下榻的酒店被捕,并被从以色列驱逐到美国。
据检察官称,纽迈耶的社交媒体账户还包含威胁帖子,其中包括呼吁暗杀唐纳德·特朗普总统。
美国联邦调查局主任卡什·帕特尔(Kash Patel)在x上发布消息称:“纽曼尔本周早些时候在以色列被捕,当时大使馆官员发现了一个装有多个爆炸装置的背包和一个据称与纽曼尔有关的社交媒体账户,该账户详细说明了袭击大使馆和威胁特朗普总统的意图。”
“他现在将面临正义,”帕特尔写道。
German-American dual citizen charged with planning attack on US Embassy in Tel Aviv
A dual American-German citizen appeared Sunday in federal court in Brooklyn on charges that he attempted to firebomb a branch of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, according to law enforcement officials.
Joseph Neumeyer arrived inIsraelin April and on May 19 he posted on his Facebook account, “Join me this afternoon in Tel Aviv we are burning down the US. embassy” and “join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America. Death to Americans and f--- the west,” according to a criminal complaint.
That same day, Neumeyer arrived outside the branch office of the Embassy of the United States in Tel Aviv carrying a backpack, according to the complaint. Neumeyer approached and spat on a guard and the guard attempted to detain Neumeyer, who uttered profanities before turning and fleeing, leaving his backpack behind, the complaint said.
Law enforcement officials recovered from Neumeyer’s backpack several bottles that had been turned into Molotov cocktails, according to the complaint.
He was arrested at the hotel where he was staying and deported from Israel to the U.S., according to authorities.
Neumeyer’s social media accounts also contained threatening posts that,among other things, called for the assassination of President Donald Trump, according to prosecutors.
"Neumayer was arrested earlier this week in Israel -- when Embassy officials discovered a backpack carrying multiple explosive devices and a social media account allegedly linked to Neumayer detailing intent to attack the Embassy and threatening President Trump," FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X.
"He will now face justice," Patel wrote.