Attack on Florida synagogue foiled
FBI foiled an attack on the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Miami; suspect recently converted to Islam.
The suspect, a man who converted to Islam in the past, planned to throw a bomb at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Miami last Friday during Passover, a time when the center was sure to be crowded.
Local residents showed great concern in light of the arrest. One of them, Stephanie Levine said, "I think about, before we had a baby, that we used to go there for services, and God forbid, it could have been us," said Stephanie Levine. "Thank God they stopped him, but had they not, it would have been such a horrible thing to happen to this neighborhood."
According to reports the center actually was not in danger as the suspect was arrested before he could make a move.
"Of course it surprised me," said area resident Richard Levinson. "Everybody says, 'I live in a small town. It doesn't happen here,' but the sad part is, it happens everywhere."
Resident Kim Tepper said she's horrified by the turn of events, "It's a very scary world, and you know what? I don't think that anybody is safe anywhere," she said. 'We'd always thought, living in this area, that we could be targeted, so now you're kind of confirming that for me. Not happy."
The FBI did not respond to the publication of the information.
