2006 Prague terror plot

Terrorist incident in the Czech Republic January 2012 The 2006 Prague terror plot was revealed on 23 September 2006, when security services in Prague went on high alert due to suspicions of an imminent terror attack.https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/world/europe/07czech.html Report of Plot to Attack Jews Prompts Terror Alert in Prague Smith Craig S. 2006-10-07 The New York Times 2018-12-24 en-US 0362-4331http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/more-light-shed-on-terror-threat-against-czech-republic More light shed on terror threat against Czech Republic Radio Prague Radio Praha 26 September 2006 en 2018-12-24https://www.jta.org/2006/10/10/archive/report-on-terror-threat-in-prague-is-surprise-to-jewish-community Report on Terror Threat in Prague is Surprise to Jewish Community 2006-10-10 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-US 2018-12-24 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 captive 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".Plot Against Jews Reported in Prague, Spiegel, October 06, 2006 According to Czech Chief Rabbi Efraim Sidon, the attack had been planned against the Jerusalem Synagogue in the centre of the city, and not against a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.Czech officials: Synagogue plot may be linked to Oslo attacks https://web.archive.org/web/20070301041858/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/771427.html 2007-03-01 , 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. References Category:Antisemitism in the Czech Republic Category:Islam and antisemitism Category:Jewish Czech history Prague Category:2000s in Prague Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2006 Category:Terrorist incidents in the Czech Republic Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 2006 Category:September 2006 in Europe