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March 18, 2004
Tanzim cell planned to hijack 2 buses, attack nightclubs

JERUSALEM POST: Tanzim cell planned to hijack 2 buses, attack nightclubs

A terrorist plan to hijack two buses in the Efrat area and drive them to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was foiled by Israeli security services earlier this month, the Shin Bet released for publication Thursday.

The hijackers, two senior employees of the Palestinian Authority, were to have been kitted out with explosives belts and would threaten to blow themselves up inside the buses. The cell planned to show the bus driver their explosives belts, and direct the driver to take the buses to the nativity church, where they planned to conduct negotiations with Isareli authorities.

The Israeli passengers were to be held hostage until Israeli authorities succumbed to the terrorists' demand to release Palestinian security prisoners. According to the information released for publication, the terrorists also planned to attach a remote-controlled bomb to one passengers.

(Does the Church of the Nativity has an open-door policy for hostage-takers and terrorists?)

Posted by Laurence Simon at March 18, 2004 11:36 AM | TrackBack
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