2015 New Year's attack plots
In late December 2015, authorities in several countries announced the discovery of attack plots, organized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), targeting New Year's celebrations. Police in North America and Europe were on high alert in December 2015 because of a series of terrorist attacks and attack plots, including the November 2015 Paris attacks, and because of information picked up by security agencies indicating that militants might plan to attack public New Year's Eve celebrations.[1]
New Year's Eve celebrations were cancelled because of intelligence reports of planned attacks in Brussels, while in Munich, rail service was cancelled as attack plots were uncovered. In other cities, security was increased amid heightened fears in the wake of the Paris attacks.[2][3][4][5]
Munich
On December 31, 2015, New Year's Eve, it was suspected that ISIL terrorists planned attacks on two train stations in Munich, Germany.[6][7] Munich police stated that they thwarted the plots after they received a "very concrete tip" around 7:40 p.m. on New Year's Eve from intelligence sources in the United States and France.[1] According to Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann, between five and seven suicide bombers planned to blow themselves up at locations that included two train stations.[7]
Brussels
Belgian police arrested two men and charged them with involvement in an ISIL-related plan to attack New Year's celebrations in Brussels.[8][9]
Ankara
Turkish police detained two ISIL militants on charges of plotting a New Year's attack in Ankara.[10][11]
Rochester
Police in Rochester, New York, arrested a man allegedly inspired by ISIL propaganda to plan an attack on a New Year's celebration in a Rochester-area restaurant.[12][13] Emanuel Lutchman, age 25, was arrested by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force on December 30 and charged with offering to provide material support to a terrorist group. He had specifically planned an attack on the Merchants Grill restaurant.[14]
See also
- List of unsuccessful terrorist plots in the United States post-9/11
- 2000 millennium attack plots
- New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany
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