India, March 28 -- US federal authorities have arrested Alexander Heifler, a 26-year-old man from Hoboken, New Jersey, for allegedly plotting to assassinate Palestinian-American activist Nerdeen Kiswani.

The plot, which law enforcement officials say was "about to" be carried out, was foiled through a coordinated undercover operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York Police Department.

1. Heifler was arrested after an undercover sting operation. Heifler was taken into custody after he unknowingly communicated with an undercover NYPD officer, who infiltrated his plans and gathered evidence over several weeks.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, an undercover agent's weeks-long sting in which He...