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Article: Hamas link in foiled plot to bomb New York subway
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 2, 1997
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An apparent terrorist plot targeting the New York underground
system was linked yesterday to the radical Palestinian group Hamas.
The group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's double-suicide
bombing in a Jerusalem market that left 15 people dead.
A law enforcement source said investigators believed the
suspects arrested in a police raid on a Brooklyn apartment at dawn
on Thursday made telephone calls to the organisation from a grocer
and a laundrette in the area.
Five men detained in connection with the alleged plot were said
to be of Middle Eastern origin, but the authorities earlier warned
against rushing to any conclusions and rejected any direct link
with this week's suicide ...