The 2006 Prague terror plot was revealed on September 23, 2006, when security services in

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went on high alert due to suspicions of an imminent terror attack.

The plot

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'', Islamist extremists were planning to kidnap and kill

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in Prague. They intended to take Jews captive in a Prague synagogue, make demands which could not be met and then blow up the building, killing everybody inside. Interior Minister Ivan Langer said the situation was "the most serious ever".Plot Against Jews Reported in Prague
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'', October 06, 2006 According to Czech

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Efraim Sidon, the attack had been planned against the Jerusalem Synagogue in the center of the city, and not against a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.Czech officials: Synagogue plot may be linked to Oslo attacks
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'', October 8th, 2006 The Czech security services were investigating a possible link between fresh terror threats made by radical Muslims to kill Jews in Prague and the arrest of a Pakistani citizen in Oslo.

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