The American Department of Justice has accused the same person of planning to attack Israeli tourists in Arugambay tourist area in Sri Lanka and planning to kill American President Donald Trump.
In indictments filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in federal court in Manhattan, New York, the man was identified as Farhad Shakeri, who was incarcerated in America for a robbery. According to the FBI, he has run a crime network including murder for hire. It was also revealed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps had instructed him to carry out the assassination attempt on Trump within seven days.
According to the 26-page indictment filed by the FBI in the American court, he planned a mass shooting incident in October 2024 targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka.
It is said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps gave Shakeri the location of Arugam Bay, where Israeli tourists frequent, and instructed him to organize a mass shooting in Arugam Bay, and to supply AK-47 and other weapons for the attack to one of the two suspects currently in Sri Lankan custody. It is also reported that he was handed over.