Jordan says arrests 17 in foiled Islamic State attack plot- state media

"The members of the cell had planned to execute a number of terrorist attacks simultaneously to destabilise national security and sow chaos and terror among civilians," the statement said.

By: Reuters | Amman | Published: January 9, 2018 12:57 pm

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Jordan said on Monday it had foiled an Islamic State plot that included plans for a series of attacks last November on security installations, shopping malls and moderate religious figures, state media reported. State news agency Petra said the country’s intelligence department had arrested 17 members of a cell and confiscated weapons and explosives that the militant group had planned to use in several operations.

“The members of the cell had planned to execute a number of terrorist attacks simultaneously to destabilise national security and sow chaos and terror among civilians,” the statement said. A security source said that members of the cell had been under surveillance from the start when they began to survey high profile civilian and military potential targets, reports news agency Reuters.