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Eugene

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Mon Jun 6, 2016, 09:58 AM Jun 2016

Euro 2016 'ultra-nationalist' attacks thwarted, Ukraine says

Source: The Guardian

Euro 2016 'ultra-nationalist' attacks thwarted, Ukraine says

Security service says man detained on Ukrainian-Polish border in May
had been planning string of attacks in France


Kim Willsher in Paris
Monday 6 June 2016 13.35 BST

Ukrainian police have arrested a Frenchman accused of plotting a string of terror attacks before and during Euro 2016.

The 25-year-old man, whom Ukraine’s state security service had been following since December, was discovered with an arsenal of weapons and explosives near Ukraine’s border with Poland, officers said.

He had bought five Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifles and two anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades. Police also reportedly found in his car 5,000 bullets, 100 detonators and 125kg (275lb) of TNT, as well as balaclavas and other weapons.

Officials said the man had far-right ultra-nationalist views and was planning to attack bridges, railways, synagogues and mosques, tax offices and motorways.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/06/ukraine-detained-french-citizen-plotting-euro-2016-attacks
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