Azerbaijan arrests three people over planned embassy attack in Baku

"Authorities in Azerbaijan say security forces have arrested three people planning an attack on an embassy in the capital, Baku. The State Security Service said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects had conspired with members of the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in Khorasan province (ISKP), an Afghan offshoot of the armed group. The three men one of whom was born in 2000 and the two others in 2005 obtained weapons and planned to attack an embassy before being apprehended, it said."

"The statement added that the suspects were arrested on charges of preparation for terrorism on the basis of religious hostility and an investigation was ongoing. It did not name the embassy that was the focus of the plot, but Israel's Channel 12 reported that the alleged target was the Israeli embassy. Al Jazeera could not independently verify the report. On Monday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in Baku, during which they discussed preparations for an Azerbaijani-Israeli business forum."

Azerbaijani security forces arrested three men in Baku who allegedly conspired with the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in Khorasan province (ISKP) to attack an embassy. One suspect was born in 2000 and two were born in 2005; the men obtained weapons and were apprehended before carrying out the planned attack. Authorities charged the suspects with preparation for terrorism on the basis of religious hostility and opened an investigation. The embassy target was not named officially; Israel's Channel 12 reported the suspected target was the Israeli embassy. ISKP has claimed responsibility for attacks in Afghanistan and a 2024 Moscow concert attack that killed nearly 150 people.

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