A man with a loaded AK-47 was arrested outside the Brooklyn home of Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist critical of Iran's government.
Masih Alinejad was the target of an alleged Iranian kidnappings plot in 2021. , Khalid Mehdiyev, 23, of Yonkers, was parked outside of her home and could even be seen on security video trying to open her front door last week.
He was later stopped by the NYPD for driving through a stop sign and arrested for driving without a license. The Times says that the loaded assault rifle was found inside a suitcase in the back seat of his car. Mehdiyev is now facing multiple charges, including second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree criminal possession of a machine gun.
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