Three people were arrested and one other was being sought in connection to a plan to set off explosives at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, officials said. The plot, which never got past the planning stages, did not involve aeroplanes or passenger terminals, according to the officials. The gang was not thought to have got hold of any explosives.
The arrests were made in connection with a plan to set off explosives in a fuel line that feeds John F Kennedy International Airport and runs through residential areas, officials close to the investigation said. The pipeline takes fuel from a depot in Linden, New Jersey, to the airport. Other lines service LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport.
The suspects in New York are believed to include a Guyanese man who used to work at the airport and was arrested in New York City. Two other suspects were apprehended in Trinidad. Investigators were seeking a fourth suspect in Trinidad. The plotters are believed to have conducted surveillance on giant jet fuel tanks at JFK and the pipeline. They had taken surveillance video of the targets back to Trinidad to review, an official said.
The arrests mark the latest in a series of alleged homegrown terrorism plots targeting high-profile American landmarks.
A year ago, seven men were arrested in what officials called the early stages of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and destroy FBI offices and other buildings. A month later, authorities broke up a plot to bomb underwater New York City train tunnels to flood lower Manhattan. And six people were arrested a month ago in an alleged plot to unleash a bloody rampage on Fort Dix in New Jersey.
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