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"5 thousand USD for a 'killer'", who is the Pakistani arrested in the USA, accused of killing Trump and his advisers

2024-08-08 08:00:44Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

American law enforcement authorities announced that they detained a 46-year-old Pakistani citizen in New York, shortly before he left the United States, on charges of planning an attack to kill Donald Trump.

The local media also revealed new details from the operation and the terrorist plan that failed after the first tracking and investigations. Asif Raza Merchant fell into the trap after contacting and giving money to two hit men who were actually undercover FBI agents (checked order).

According to investigators, Iran may be behind it. The arrest was made on July 12, a day before a 20-year-old boy, Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired eight shots at the real estate mogul, grazing him, during an election rally in Pennsylvania, La Repubblica reports. . The two episodes are unrelated, but taken together they paint a disturbing picture: Trump was in the sights of more than one attacker, and yet the Secret Service was found unprepared on the day of the attack.

"For years - Chief Justice Merrick Garland simply commented - we have been committed to opposing Iran's efforts to avenge the death of General Qasem Soleimani."
Merchant, who had recently spent two weeks in Iran, had planned an even wider terrorist attack, which included killing people who had worked with former President Trump, such as former national security adviser John Bolton and representatives of the current administration, but whose names are not published.

Pakistan also sought to obtain a number of confidential documents. The plan, according to the FBI, was born to avenge the killing of Revolutionary Guard General Soleimani, killed on January 3, 2020 in a targeted attack carried out by US forces in Baghdad, Iraq.

Federal agents, in cooperation with the Secret Service, had been tracking Merchant for some time and had set up the latest trap. After arriving in the United States in April, the man contacted someone he believed could help him carry out the plan, including organizing a protest over America's attitude toward Muslim countries.

"Controlled Order" Betrayal and Trap

The "contact" immediately informed the police and from that moment he became an informant. In June, Merchant arrived from New York on a flight from Texas and met what he thought was his friend.

He presented him with the project which included "hitting the people who are harming Pakistan" and "the Muslim world". "They are not normal people," he added, making a gun gesture with his hand.
Merchant, who posed as an emissary of a group of conspiracy theorists living abroad, had promised an advance of $5,000 and a total of $100,000 to anyone who offered to hit the targets. The money would arrive through a network, starting from Dubai or Istanbul.

During talks with his confidant, Merchant had not revealed the targets, but was limited to saying that he hoped to kill someone and to do so between the end of August and the beginning of September. According to the FBI, one of the targets was Trump.

At the end of June, the Pakistani returned to New York and asked his friend to accompany him to the areas of Brooklyn populated by gangs and criminals, to contact potential killers. It was at that moment that the informant introduced him to two potential killers, actually FBI agents.

He had advanced them five thousand dollars each, but had not revealed their names, promising to do so only after he had left the United States. At that moment the network was shut down. The Pakistani customer was arrested at home before leaving for the airport.


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