Azerbaijan arrests three men for planning embassy attack at behest of Islamic State offshoot


BAKU, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Authorities ‌in Azerbaijan said on Tuesday they had arrested three ‌individuals planning an attack on a foreign embassy in the ‌capital Baku at the instructions of Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghan offshoot of Islamic State.

In a statement, the State Security Service said the three men, whom ‍it named, had conspired with members of ‍ISIS-K, obtained weapons and planned ‌to attack a foreign embassy before they were apprehended by security ‍forces.

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