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)
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Baruch Hashem! I can’t start imagining the Chessed Hashem in this averted tragedy…
Thanks for reporting it.