Israeli Police Uncover Complex Criminal Plan to Bomb Mosques, Scientology Facility, Frame Ultra-Orthodox
Jaffa suspects allegedly hired by lawyer to kill Tel Aviv municipality official, bomb Scientology center; eight suspects, including brothers from two families had already prepared bomb.
An alleged Arab Israeli Jaffa crime organization planned to detonate a bomb under the car of a Muslim sheikh last month over a business dispute and then spray paint ‘price-tag’ graffiti in the area in order to draw blame on the far right, police suspect.
A total of eight suspects have been under arrest since last month, including four brothers from one family and two brothers from another family. A fourth suspect worked as a lawyer in the Justice Ministry. They had already assembled a powerful bomb, and were stopped by a police raid on a home in Jaffa in April hours before they planned on planting the device, a law enforcement source said. They had allegedly planned to detonate the advice after evening prayers at a Jaffa mosque. Police believe a disastrous outcome was averted thanks to the raid.