Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty to obstructing religious freedom by threat of force, unlawfully acquiring a firearm, and brandishing it during the crime in Albany federal ...

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, New York, was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots and yelling "Free Palestine!" outside Temple Israel in Albany, New York, just hours before ...

Federal prosecutors announced that 29-year-old Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, from Schenectady, admitted to multiple charges, including obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs through threats of ...

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, had been arrested at the scene outside Temple Israel on Dec. 7, 2023, after the gunfire sent the synagogue into lockdown. Alkhader shouted “Free Palestine!” ...

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after shots were fired outside Temple Israel of Albany. The Iraqi-born U.S. citizen said “Free Palestine” when officers arrested him and ...

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots in the air and shouting “Free Palestine!” outside Temple Israel of Albany. Alkhader's shotgun jammed before he could fire a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue during the early months of the Israel-Hamas war.