Thursday, July 21, 2016

Brazil Nabs 10 Islamists Planning Terror Attacks; Nabbed 2 Weeks Before Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Brazilian authorities arrested 10 members of an Islamist militant group that was organizing terrorist attacks, officials announced today (July 21, 2016), raising tension around the country just two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to the NY Times website.

The Federal Police said in a statement that the suspects belonged to a group called the Defenders of Sharia (Islamic law).

The arrests were announced at a time when the Brazilian authorities are coming under scrutiny over security preparations for the Olympics.

Responding to the truck massacre last week in Nice, France, Brazil's sports minister, Leonardo Picciani, told reporters yesterday that "the government is absolutely convinced that the Games will be safe."

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