15 Months Prison For Sayreville Teen Who Wrote Essay Threatening Jews

SAYREVILLE, NJ — On Tuesday, a young Muslim man from Sayreville who wrote an Internet manifesto that contained threats to attack a synagogue and Jews was sentenced to 15 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.

The young man is Omar Alkattoul, 19, of Sayreville.

Federal Judge Christine O’Hearn imposed the sentence Tuesday in Camden federal court. In addition to the prison term, she also sentenced Alkattoul to three years of supervised release.

Alkattoul previously pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce.

Federal prosecutors say that on Nov. 1, 2022, Alkattoul used social media to send someone a link to a document he wrote called "When Swords Collide."

In the essay, he admitted targeting a synagogue, said U.S. Attorneys. He stated in the document: “It’s in the context of an attack on Jews.”

According to a second individual who talked to police, Alkattoul also sent the document to at least five other people using the same social media app. After his essay was obtained by law enforcement, synagogues in Central Jersey were placed on high alert last November.

According to this press release U.S. Attorneys released when Alkattoul was first arrested last November, in the document he wrote the following:

"I am the attacker and I would like to introduce myself. . . I am a Muslim with so many regrets but I can assure you this attack is not one of them and Insha’Allah many more attacks like these against the enemy of Allah and the pigs and monkeys will come.

I will discuss my motives in a bit but I did target a synagogue for a really good reason according to myself and a lot of Muslims who have a brain. Let’s be aware of the fact that the Jews promote the biggest hatred against Muslimeen even in the west. The Jews are in fact a very powerful group in the west which is why western countries today shill for them on top of the murtadeen in Saudi Arabia and every Arab country.

This attack was just to remind the Jews that as long as 1 Muslim remains in this world they will never live a pleasant life until the Muslims in Palestine, Syria, West Africa, and South Asia are living a pleasant life. The Jews support terror against the muslimeen and they always have . . . . So the motive of this attack is hatred towards Jews and their heinous acts and I don’t want anyone to tell me for a second that 'not all Jews support terror against Muslims' yes they do! They have since day one. Their Torah justifies their acts and let’s keep in mind it was a Jew that tried to kill the nebi SAW."

The case against him was investigated by the Newark FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force

"Now more than ever, the FBI and our law enforcement partners need the public's help reporting anything they see, so the threats don't turn into physical attacks," said the FBI -Newark's Special Agent in Charge James Dennehy.

When Alkattoul pleaded guilty: Sayreville Teen, 19, Admits To Threatening Synagogues (July 2023)