2006 Prague terror plot

2006 Prague terror plot

The 2006 Prague terror plot was reavled on September 23, 2006, when security services in Prague went on high alert due to suspicions of an imminent terror attack.

The plot

According to the Czech Republic's leading newspaper, "Mlada fronta Dnes", Islamist extremists were planning to kidnap and kill Jews in Prague. They intended to take Jews captives in a Prague synagogue, make demands which could not be met and then blow up the building, killing everybody inside. Interior Minister Ivan Langer said the situation was "the most serious ever". [http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,441131,00.html Plot Against Jews Reported in Prague] , "Spiegel", October 06, 2006]

According to Czech Chief Rabbi Ephraim Sidon, the attack had been planned against the Jerusalem Synagogue in the center of the city, and not against a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/771427.html Czech officials: Synagogue plot may be linked to Oslo attacks] , "Haaretz", October 8th, 2006] The Czech security services were investigating a possible link between fresh terror threats made by radical Muslims to kill Jews in Prague and the arrest of a Pakistani citizen in Oslo.

No information has been released and it is unknown if any arrests had been made.

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