Kosovo Arrests 19 in Islamic State Plot to Attack Israel Soccer Match

Posted: November 17, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Breaking News, Global, Religion, Terrorism | Tags: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Al-Raqqah, Ayn Issa, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Donald Trump, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Middle East, Mosul, Syria, Syrian civil war, United States | Leave a comment

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Suspects planned ‘synchronized’ attacks in Kosovo and Albania, police say; weapons, ammunition and a drone seized in sweep

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Times of Israel staff reports: Kosovo police on Wednesday said they had arrested 19 people they suspected of being involved in an Islamic State plot to carry out terror attacks in Kosovo and neighboring Albania, including an assault during a football match between Albania and Israel this past weekend.

Police said the arrests were made over the past 10 days and that the suspects had planned “synchronized terror attacks,” without going into further detail.

Israel's Eran Zahavi (center) celebrates after scoring a goal during the World Cup 2018 qualifier football match Albania versus Israel at the Elbasan Arena stadium in Elbasan on November 12, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU)

“They were planning to commit terrorist attacks in Kosovo and also [an attack] against [the] Israeli football team and their fans during the Albania-Israel match,” Kosovo police said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that weapons, explosives, ammunition and a drone were seized during the sweep.

The police said the suspects were communicating and receiving orders from an Islamic State member, Lavdrim Muhaxheri, the self-declared “commander of Albanians in Syria and Iraq.” Read the rest of this entry »