Reports: European Officials Disrupt Terrorist Plot

by Eric Westervelt, NPR

Western intelligence agencies say they’ve disrupted a plot by Islamist terrorists to target cities in Britain, France and Germany. The plan was said to be modeled on the 2008 commando-style attack in Mumbai, India in which heavily armed Islamists stormed a hotel and other sites, killing more than 160 people. Security officials in Germany and Britain today said they believe the plot was serious but not imminent and neither country raised its terror alert status.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, September 29, 2010