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A man of American and German nationality was arrested in New York and is accused of trying to destroy the United States embassy in Israel.
They capture in New York a man who tried to destroy the United States embassy in Israel. (PHOTO FREE PRESS: PL hemeroteca)
A man was arrested this Sunday, May 25 by the FBI at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York for the attempt to destroy, by fire or explosives, the US embassy in Israel, where he was deported, the US Department of Justice reported.
According to an agency statement, Joseph Neumayer, with dual nationality (American and German), was taken before a judge in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York for the presentation of the charges against him.
The judge ordered that he be detained without bail.
According to the complaint, Neumayer, 28, arrived in Israel in April of this year and on May 19 he went to the United States embassy in Tel Aviv with a backpack and spat to an embassy guard. Although the officer tried to stop him, he managed to get rid of and escaped leaving the backpack, where they found Three Molotov cocktails.
Neumeyer was arrested shortly after at his hotel, according to the Department of Justice, which also indicated in the statement that the day he went to the embassy, published on his social networks: “Join me to burn the embassy in Tel Aviv”. “Death to America, death to Americans and fuck the West.”
The Department of Justice also ensures that in other social networks publications of an account allegedly used by Neumeyer there were Murder threats to the president of the United StatesDonald Trump.
If it is convicted, Neumeyer faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years and a fine of US $ 250 thousand.