F1 Singapore Grand Prix terror attack plot uncovered

A TERROR plot to attack the site of next month's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore with rockets has been uncovered.

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CHILLING: Islamic State appears to have been plotting to attack the Singapore Grand Prix

Six terrorists with alleged links to Islamic State have been arrested after a plot to fire missiles at Marina Bay, in Singapore, was discovered.

Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and the rest of the F1 drivers championship will race on a street circuit around Marina Bay in September.

The arrested men are reportedly linked to Bahrun Naim – the mastermind of the ISIS terror attack on Jakarta, Indonesia, in January.

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TARGET: Marina Bay, in Singapore – which hosts the F1 Grand Prix

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"Our enemies are thinking of different ways of attacking us"

Kasi Shanmugam

The gang were plotting to launch the attack from the Indonesian island of Batam – which is just 10 miles from Singapore.

They were going to fire the rockets across the straits between the two islands.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Islamic country – and has suffered a number of attacks by extremists.

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Islamic State – also known as Daesh – claimed responsibility for a series of bombings on the capital that left seven people dead in January.

After the arrests on Friday, Singapore's home affairs minister Kasi Shanmugam said: "This shows how our enemies are thinking of different ways of attacking us.

"Terrorists will seek to come in through our checkpoints.

"They will also try to launch attacks from just outside.

"And this is in addition to lone-wolf attacks."

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