NORWAY TERROR PLOT UPDATE

The four Muslim men arrested in Norway in connection with a shooting incident at an Oslo synagogue were not only planning to blow up the Israeli and US embassies (as I blogged yesterday) but to BEHEAD THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR!

Norwegian police foil plot to behead Israeli ambassador (Haaretz)
Four men suspected in connection with an attack on an Oslo synagogue are also accused of plotting to blow up the U.S. and Israeli embassies and decapitating the Israeli ambassador to Norway, media reports said Friday.

The four were arrested Tuesday in connection with an attack on the Mosaic Religious Community synagogue. The Jewish house of worship was hit with at least 10 bullets early Sunday. No one was injured.

Police said Thursday that charges against them were being expanded to include plotting terrorism but gave no other details. They were seeking a court order Friday to continue holding the men for questioning.

Defense attorney Vegard Aaloekken confirmed to the state radio network NRK that the new charges include allegations of a terror plot against embassies. The charges were in part based on recordings from an electronic bug in one suspect’s car, NRK and other major Norwegian news media said.

NRK and other major Norwegian news media said the suspects discussed blowing up the embassies and decapitating the Israeli ambassador to Norway, Miriam Shomrat.