{"id":377531,"date":"2026-10-20T02:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377531\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T02:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:30:10","slug":"isis-terrorist-who-plotted-nyc-mass-slaughter-gets-50-more-years-for-blinding-prison-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377531\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS terrorist who plotted NYC mass slaughter gets 50 more years for blinding prison guard"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ISIS terrorist who plotted a 9\/11-style attack on New York City<\/a> was slapped with another 50 years in prison Monday for stabbing two correctional officers \u2014 causing one to lose his right eye \u2014 while serving a 40-year sentence for his original terror conspiracy.<\/p>\n

Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 28, of Ontario, Canada, has now been sentenced to a combined 90 years behind bars after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the December 2020 attack at a federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania, according to the Justice Department.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AbdulrahmanAbdulrahman El Bahnasawy, pictured with his mother, Khadiga Metwally, was sentenced to an additional 50 years in prison for stabbing two correctional officers in an ISIS-inspired attack. El Bahnasawy family photo<\/p>\n

The additional punishment comes as his mother, Khadiga Metwally, is running for a school board seat in suburban Toronto \u2014 in the same district that made international headlines when shop teacher Kayla Lemieux showed up to class sporting<\/a> enormous prosthetic breasts.<\/p>\n

El Bahnasawy\u2019s original sentence stemmed from a 2016 ISIS-inspired plot to detonate bombs in Times Square and the subway system and open fire on concert crowds during Ramadan.<\/p>\n

The Canadian national, who once spoke of wanting to \u201ccreate the next 9\/11,\u201d was arrested in May 2016 after traveling from Canada to the New York area to prepare for the attacks.<\/p>\n

But prison walls did little to curb his appetite for violence, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 7, 2020, El Bahnasawy stabbed a correctional officer in the head and face at US Penitentiary Allenwood with a makeshift weapon constructed from part of a steel desk in his cell.<\/p>\n

The guard eventually lost his right eye from the injuries.<\/p>\n

When a second officer came to help, El Bahnasawy stabbed her in the hand.<\/p>\n

A note recovered from El Bahnasawy\u2019s sock after he was restrained read: \u201cThis is a terrorist attack for the Islamic State.\u201d<\/p>\n

A pledge of allegiance to ISIS was also found taped inside a locker in his cell.<\/p>\n

El Bahnasawy pleaded guilty in November 2025 to charges including assault with intent to commit murder, possession of prison contraband and providing material support to ISIS.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s sentence will further ensure that Bahnasawy remains in prison, where he can do much less harm, for a very long time,\u201d Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said Monday.<\/p>\n

\"KhadigaKhadiga Metwally, whose son was convicted of plotting an ISIS-inspired massacre in New York City, is seeking a seat on a school board west of Toronto. Vote for Dr. K Metwally \/ Facebook<\/p>\n

El Bahnasawy\u2019s attorney, Andy Frisch, blamed the prison assault on his client\u2019s longstanding mental health problems and accused federal authorities of failing to provide adequate psychiatric care.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not a terrorist,\u201d Frisch told The Post, claiming that a government expert had confirmed diagnoses including schizophrenia and psychotic disorders.<\/p>\n

Frisch said El Bahnasawy\u2019s parents repeatedly emailed prison officials about the medication and treatment their son required, but their warnings went unheeded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose emails were ignored,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The lawyer blamed inadequate treatment, segregation and transfers between prisons for worsening his client\u2019s condition, claiming that \u201che had a psychotic episode, which has resulted in this most recent sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope is that respect for corrections officers requires more than imposing a serious sentence. It requires that the United States reconsider how it manages mentally ill inmates,\u201d Frisch said.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he planned to appeal, Frisch said El Bahnasawy and his parents \u201care considering their options.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Post has sought comment from the Justice Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ISIS terrorist who plotted a 9\/11-style attack on New York City was slapped with another 50 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13057,57,9,56,63,65,64,4719,3209,2442,3694,58],"class_list":["post-377531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-isis","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-prisons","tag-sentencing","tag-stabbings","tag-terrorism","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}