Azerbaijan arrests 3 men for planning attack on Israeli embassy at behest of ISIS |
Three individuals were arrested in Azerbaijan on Tuesday on suspicion of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in the capital Baku at the instructions of Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State terror group, the Times of Israel learned.
Authorities in Azerbaijan confirmed the arrests, but did not specify which foreign embassy the would-be-attackers were planning to target.
In a statement, the State Security Service said the three men, whom it named, had conspired with members of ISIS-K, obtained weapons and planned to attack a foreign embassy before they were apprehended by security forces.
They planned to carry out the attack several months ago.
One of the men was born in 2000, and the two others in 2005.
ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow, which left at least 145 people dead.
There have been a number of Islamic State-linked........