Skip To Content
JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.
Breaking News

Miami Synagogue Targeted by Terror Plot: Report

The FBI arrested a man who allegedly was planning to throw a bomb into a North Miami Beach synagogue.

The aborted attack on the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Miami had been set to occur on Friday evening during holiday services for the end of Passover, 7News on local station WSVN reported early on Monday.

News7 quoted unnamed sources who said that agents posing as terrorists stopped the suspect.

The suspect may be a convert to Islam, according to the report.

The report did not say when the suspect was taken into custody, but reported that the unnamed sources said the center was never in imminent danger since the suspect was arrested before he could put his plan into motion.

The suspect reportedly will appear in federal court early this week.

The FBI did not comment to News7 on the report.

The Conservative synagogue with about 800 member families is also home to an early childhood center, according to its website.

Republish This Story

Please read before republishing

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search.  See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Please email us at [email protected], subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up.

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.