Overview
- The NYPD arrested an 18-year-old identified in reports as Eslam Alsaedi after a video showed threats to kill Jewish children in Brooklyn.
- Councilwoman Inna Vernikov posted the recording and said her office alerted the NYPD Counterterrorism Unit, leading to an arrest by undercover intelligence officers.
- Reported charges include making a terroristic threat, aggravated harassment in the second degree, and making a threat of mass harm.
- The NYPD said a terrorism complaint was filed in the 32nd Precinct and confirmed an arrest, while withholding further details as the investigation continues.
- In the clip, the speaker said he lives in Harlem and talked about targeting a large building or a school with Jewish children, heightening fear in neighborhoods with many Jewish residents.