IS Recruits Targeted U.S. Embassy in South Africa, Police Say
- Suspects planned to strike Jewish institutions: police
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South Africa’s special investigations unit said it arrested identical twins who were planning to attack the U.S. embassy and Jewish institutions in the capital, Pretoria, in the first arrests of suspected Islamic State recruits in the country.
Two other suspects are being held on charges of illegally possessing ammunition, including stun grenades, the spokesman of the unit, known as the Hawks, Hangwani Mulaudzi, said by phone on Monday. The arrests over the weekend in Johannesburg were the result of an investigation that started last year, he said.