Two Arrested In Plot To Bomb New York Synagogues

In New York City yesterday, the District Attorney's Office for New York County announced the arrest of two men charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism and with weapons and hate crimes offenses in a plot to bomb synagogues in Manhattan. According to the press release, the defendants: "discussed learning to make bombs and planned visits to Manhattan’s largest synagogues, intending to disguise themselves as Jewish worshippers, attend services at a synagogue and, while pretending to pray, leave a bomb in the synagogue." The complaint (full text) outlines the six-month under cover operation targeting the two who were immigrants from Algeria and Morocco respectively.