The Azerbaijan Ministry of National Security reports the arrest of members of a terror cell who were planning an attack against Chabad shluchim. This news came a week following a planned attack against a Chabad House in Bangkok, Chabad Online reports.

Rasim Aliyev, Ali Huseynov and Balaqardash Dadashov, are in custody according to a Haaretz report, adding they received their weapons to carry out the deadly attack from Iran. They were targeting Chief Rabbi of Azerbaijan Schneur Segal and Rabbi Mati Lewis, both Israeli-born Chabad shluchim who lead the Jewish community in Baku and the Ohr Avner Chabad Jewish Day School.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)