Prague, Czech Republic - High Security Alert after Plot Foils to Murder Jews During Holidays

Prague, Czech Republic - A plot to take Jews hostage in a Prague synagogue sparked a terrorism alert in the Czech Republic.
Heavily armed police officers are patrolling the Jewish Quarter and other parts of the city since the government uncovered this plot, which Minister of Interior Ivan Langer called the country's "first concrete threat of a terrorist attack."

The attack was supposed to coincide with the Jewish holidays, when many Jewish tourists visit Prague and its seven major synagogues. "Arab terrorists wanted to abduct dozens of people, hold them hostage, and in the end massacre all of them," according to the secret services, the terrorists wanted to penetrate into a synagogue in Prague's centre during a Jewish religious holiday service and take all present believers hostage, and later to blast the building in which they would keep the hostages, and that they would have had explosives ready for use.

The alert led to tightened security at Prague's airport and train stations as well as areas around the synagogues.