Two Iranian Operatives Arrested in Greece Over Plans To Attack Chabad House

by CrownHeights.info

A Chabad House in Greece has become the latest international location targeted by operatives for an attack on Jewish global infrastructure. They failed after Greece’s authorities arrested them before they could hatch their plot.

According to the police, two Pakistani nationals were arrested Tuesday, with the Israeli Mossad – who assisted Greek authorities in the investigation – claiming that they were part of an Iranian terror network.

According to the claims against the pair, aged 27 and 29, they had been surveilling a Kosher Restaurant and Chabad House, considering them to be “High-Value Targets”.

“Their aim was not only to cause the loss of life of innocent citizens,” the Greek police said in a statement. “but also to undermine the sense of security in the country, while hurting public institutions and threatening [Greece’s] international relations.”

The pair had allegedly been in Athens, Greece for four months, and were quickly put on the authorities radar. After watching for the entire time, the police believed that the attack was imminent.

“An analysis of the seized information and digital data revealed and confirmed that the members of the network had already chosen as the target of the attack, a building of special importance, had carried out the reconnaissance of the area and the planning of the attack; and had received final instructions to carry out the attack,” the police said.