N.Y. Terror Suspects Were ‘Homegrown’
The four men arrested Wednesday night for allegedly planning to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and gun down military planes were "not connected to another terrorist group,” New York Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement Thursday.The four men arrested Wednesday night for allegedly planning to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and gun down military planes were “not connected to another terrorist group,” New York Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement Thursday.
Rock Solid JournalismBloomberg:
The suspects, residents of the upstate city of Newburgh, were apprehended in a sting operation about 9 p.m. [Wednesday] in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. They were seized after planting what they believed to be bombs in cars outside the Riverdale Temple, a Reform synagogue, and the nearby Riverdale Jewish Center, an Orthodox synagogue, [New York City Police Commissioner Raymond] Kelly said.
The FBI had rendered inactive the 37-pound bombs, which contained the plastic explosive C4. After [James] Cromitie placed the devices in two cars, officers in a small armored vehicle called a BearCat swept in, blocking the path of the suspects’ sports utility vehicle.
In 2026, amid chaos and the nonstop flurry of headlines, Truthdig remains independent, fact-based and focused on exposing what power tries to hide.
Support Independent Journalism.
Opinion
You don’t have to learn any lessons you don’t want to.
Film
Shahrbanoo Sadat’s Afghan rom-com “No Good Men” balances fiction and reality with incredible deftness.
TD Original
By forging creative and invisible networks that allow them to survive, they are finding a way to be free despite the Taliban bans.
Middle East
While the Taliban have of course objected to handing over the former U.S. base, Russia and China will also have something to say.
Global Voices
Pakistan and Iran are deporting Afghans back to poverty, repression and uncertainty in one of the decade’s largest forced migrations.
Immigration
An Afghan national faces an increasingly opaque path toward the protection he was promised. His situation is chilling but not unique.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.