Police prevent Tel Aviv terror attack with arrest of five ISIS-linked suspects
Police arrested five Israeli citizens from Taybeh who had pledged allegiance to ISIS on Thursday, thwarting a planned terror attack at the Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv.
The five, who were previously unknown to the police, were arrested by special units officers, who found them with a Carl Gustav rifle and other materials. The planned attack involved a car bomb and shooting at Azrieli Mall. Police said the suspects, aged 20-30, pledged allegiance to ISIS and consumed ideological material from the radical Islamist group.
Security forces discovered potassium in their possession during the investigation, a substance known for its use in explosives assembly. According to reports, the suspects had planned a combined attack, targeting a crowded area in central Israel, including the Azrieli Towers.
Authorities emphasized that this is a dangerous, unusual organization of Israeli citizens.
jpost.com
Not really ISIS, but apparently someone with aspirations to carry out an attack who was in contact online or by phone with an agent posing as an ISIS recruiter. Very common in US news reports on sting operations to approach people who've expressed desire to commit terrorism in an online media and to insinuate that it was ISIS by using the phrase "ISIS-linked". Without the criminal complaint filings detailing the role of undercover informants, there's no way to ascertain the validity. |
