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Investigators said the goal was to injure and maim as many people as possible, but the suspect was arrested before obtaining any weapons Authorities have arrested three men in connection with an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to target music concerts, landmarks and crowded subways in New York, federal prosecutors announced Friday afternoon. Three men, Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, a 19-year-old Canadian citizen; Talha Haroon, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen based in Pakistan; and Russell Salic, a 37-year-old Philippines citizen were all arrested on terror-related charges in the alleged plot that would have targeted New York City during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan...

A hostage taking is under way in a post office in Colombes, a suburb of northwest Paris. According to police, an armed man is currently detaining three hostages, but they insisted there was no link to terrorism. The man is known by the authorities, and had contacted the police himself, they said. The area around the post office has been sealed.

I’m tempted to say that Europe’s jihad problem is going to get worse before it gets better, but it’s probably not going to get better.Most reports say two dead and one wounded. AFP says it’s three. The men targeted in Verviers were under surveillance returning from Syria a week ago, Belgian media reported…Several reports said a series of other anti-terror raids were under way across Belgium, including in the capital Brussels, where the European Union is headquartered…A … witness said he saw two young men apparently of North African origin “dressed all in black carrying a bag of the...

Dozens of terror suspects were arrested in Belgium, France, and Germany early Friday, a day after Belgian authorities said that they halted a plot to attack police officers by mere hours. Eric Van der Sypt, a Belgian federal magistrate, told a news conference Friday in Brussels that 13 people had been detained in Belgium in connection with the plot, with another two arrested in neighboring France. He added that a dozen searches had led to the discovery of four military-style weapons including Kalashnikov assault rifles. On Thursday, Belgian police had moved against a suspected terrorist hideout in the eastern town...

SNIPPET: "Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, 30, and Mohamed Hussein Said, 25, face an indictment charging them with conspiring to provide and attempting to provide material support to three U.S.-designated terrorist organizations that have operated in Iraq, Syria and Somalia, according to authorities." SNIPPET: "The defendants, while based overseas in 2011-13, allegedly sent thousands of dollars via Western Union to an al-Qaida terrorist affiliate, al-Nusrah Front, which is fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. They also allegedly sent funds to al-Shabaab, another terrorist group seeking to overthrow the U.S.-backed transitional government in Somalia."

SCHUHBOMBER-ERMITTLUNGEN [SHOE BOMBER DEVELOPMENTS] Fünf Festnahmen in Frankreich [Five Arrests in France] Die französische Polizei hat fünf Personen festgenommen, die dem mutmaßlichen "Schuhbomber" Richard Reid zugearbeitet haben sollen. Reid hatte im Dezember auf dem Flug von Paris nach Miami versucht, in seinem Schuh befindlichen Sprengstoff zu zünden. [French police have taken into custody five persons who are said to have collaborated with the alleged "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid. Reid had attempted, on a flight from Paris to Miami in December, to set fire to an explosive located in his shoe.] Paris - Die französische Polizei gab die Identität der Festgenommenen...