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Disaster averted! Pakistani-born college student, 25, arrested with car full of guns and plans to carry out mass shooting on campus – Luqmaan Khan’s chilling note extolled ‘martyrdom’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6436ff33f755d176d5e9cdc866c7fb86 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;160101&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Luqmaan Khan&comma; 25&comma; was arrested just before midnight on Nov&period; 24 after cops found him in his pickup truck in a park after hours&comma; and decided to search the car when he began acting suspiciously <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9449be0596f4fa7865ae33de6fcf1185 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;160101&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The Pakistan born University of Delaware student was arrested with a cache of guns&comma; ammunition and body armor&comma; hand written manifesto<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd9f22e015211064486076ba81fe6c4a wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;160101&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Manifesto allegedly explained plans to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;kill all” and achieve &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;martyrdom” with a mass shooting on the school’s campus <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c0bf6bbcb97a8c0964a91693869b7da wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;160101&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Khan allegedly told police after his arrest that becoming a martyr was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;one of the greatest things you can do”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83c55d7930d854672c763930cb361d96 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;160101&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Khan who remains behind bars&comma; has only been charged so far&comma; with illegal possession of a machine gun as investigation continues<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3dd2ea14a20a10c08df40e1d05b7ec36 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;160101&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong> University of Delaware in a statement said Khan has been banned from campus until the investigation is completed<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;university-delaware-student-arrested-local-116657569&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;819" alt&equals;"Mugshot of Luqmaan Khan&comma; a man with a beard and brown hair&comma; against a light blue background&period;" data-amp-lightbox&equals;"true" lightbox&equals;"true" class&equals;"wp-image-37833392"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Pakistani born University of Delaware student Luqmaan Khan&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 25&comma; was arrested Nov&period; 24&comma; in Newcastle&comma; Del&period; with a car full of guns&comma; body armor&comma; and extensive plans to carry out an apparent mass shooting on the Wilmington campus<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A University of Delaware student was arrested with a cache of guns&comma; ammunition and body armor&comma; and a manifesto allegedly explaining plans to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;kill all” and achieve &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;martyrdom” with a mass shooting on the school’s campus&period;<br>The mass shooting plot by Luqmaan Khan&comma; a 25-year-old Pakistan born American citizen&comma; was unearthed during a random traffic in Newcastle County&comma; Delaware&period;<br>Just before midnight on Monday&comma; November 24&comma; Khan was held at a traffic stop when he refused to exit the Toyota Tacoma&period; Later&comma; as the police conducted a search of the vehicle&comma; refused to cooperate and resisted arrest&period; Police searched the truck when he was stopped and found a significant cache of weapons and tactical gear<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Luqmaan-Khans-weapons-cache-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-489982"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>When Khan was arrested on Nov&period; 24 after cops found the high-powered cache in his car where he was parked in a public park after class hours<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The arsenal included&comma; a &period;357 Glock pistol&comma; numerous loaded 27-round ammunition magazines&comma; and body armor plates&period; The pistol was fitted into a kit which converted it into a semi-automatic rifle&comma; according to prosecutors&period;<br>Cops also found a notebook filled with handwritten notes detailing a plot to use those weapons to shoot up his former school’s campus police department&comma; with a map of its headquarters drawn out and marked with planned entrance and exit points&period;<br>The notes which included phrases like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;kill all – martyrdom” throughout&comma; detailed how to evade capture after the planned mass shooting&comma; as well as explaining how a number of other weapons would be used&period; <br>Police said evidence collected all depicted &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;premeditated assault plans” and obvious &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;warfare techniques&period;”<br>The full motivation behind the alleged attack remains unclear&comma; but Khan allegedly told police after his arrest that becoming a martyr was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;one of the greatest things you can do&period;”<br>One campus police officer was named in the plans&comma; though it remains unclear why&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Luqmaan-Khans-notebook-contained-handwritten-plans-which-include-phrases-like-&OpenCurlyQuote;kill-all-martyrdom-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-489984" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;1&period;1151120603735445&semi;width&colon;816px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Khan&&num;8217&semi;s notebook contained handwritten plans&comma; which include phrases like &OpenCurlyQuote;kill all &&num;8211&semi; martyrdom&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Khan who was born in Pakistan&comma; has lived in the US since he was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;youth”&period; He is an American citizen&period;<br>After the arrest&comma; the FBI raided Khan’s Wilmington home and recovered more of his arsenal&period;<br>The gents found an AR-style rifle equipped with a red-dot scope in the home&comma; along with a second Glock pistol&comma; equipped with an illegal device that converted it to a fully automatic machine gun capable of shooting 1&comma;200 rounds per minute&period;<br>Eleven other extended magazines were also found&comma; as were deadly hollow-point bullets and a bullet proof vest&period;<br>None of the weapons found in Khan’s possession were registered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;Luqmaan-Khan-allegedly-was-also-plotting-a-violent-attack-on-his-schools-Police-Dept-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-489985" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;0&period;735787064799502&semi;width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Luqmaan Khan allegedly&comma; <strong> was also<&sol;strong> plotting a violent attack on his school’s police department&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Neighbors told investigators that Khan was friendly in the past&comma; but had become oddly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;standoffish” in recent months&period; The college student also had no criminal record prior to his arrest&period;<br>Khan who remains behind bars&period; He has only been charged so far&comma; with illegal possession of a machine gun as the FBI investigates&period;<br>Reacting to the discovery Newcastle police said disaster was averted by little more than a stroke of extreme luck&period;<br>A statement from the office of Laura Carlson&comma; University of Delaware&&num;8217&semi;s interim president&comma; announced that Khan has been banned from the campus until the investigation is completed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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