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Indian police thwart attack on Mumbai Chabad house

The house was the scene of a brutal terror attack in 2008

July 31, 2023 13:17
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MUMBAI, INDIA - DECEMBER 1: ***ISRAEL OUT*** Indian policeman stand guard as Dov Goldberg, the new Chabad rabbi in Mumbai, drives away with a Torah hit by a bullet, outside the Nariman house December 1, 2008 in Mumbai, India. Six Jews were killed when Islamist terrorists attacked the city's Chabad headquarters, including Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka Holtzberg who ran the centre. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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(July 31, 2023 / JNS) Indian intelligence services have thwarted a planned terrorist attack against Israelis at the Chabad house in Mumbai.

Two Pakistani suspects were arrested by police after they discovered a plot to carry out the attack in the coming days and were in possession of explosives, a drone and Google images of Nariman House, a five-story building in the Colaba area of South Mumbai.

“The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) found some Google images from the accused of Chabad House located at Colaba. They informed us. Accordingly, we have beefed up the security at Chabad House, which already has very high security. A mock drill was also carried out on Thursday at the center and outside area,” an officer from the Colaba police station told the Hindustan Times.

The ATS took into custody Mohammad Imran Mohammad Yunus Khan, 23, and Mohammad Yunus Mohammad Yakub Saki, 24, the English-language daily reported on Sunday.