An unhinged man was nabbed for hatching a plot to rob a Brooklyn synagogue and then fight off cops with pipe bombs and guns, authorities said.
Elias Narvaez, 21, allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks as he crafted his plan, explaining he was targeting an Orthodox synagogue on Montgomery Street in Crown Heights because its gold-colored front doors suggested the congregation was wealthy.
�He wanted to rob Jews,� a law-enforcement source told The Post.
Narvaez�s idea was to use a bomb to knock out the lights, and then enter the darkened building to hold up the congregation with a Glock semiautomatic pistol and a revolver.
Narvaez reportedly believed the darkness would help him ambush responding cops.
�When they come, we will start shooting at them,� he told an informant. �I�ll throw a pipe bomb at them . . . If I die, I�ll die.�
A law-enforcement source said of the plot, �It was taken very, very seriously.�
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(Source: NY Post)
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Is this the shul that was the Vishnitzer Shtibel? My family used to daven there; when I was driving thru Crown Heights recently, I noticed that the building was fixed up beautifully and the doors were gold, if I recall. This is in middle of a residential block, closely surrounded by 2-family homes. Oy Vey.