Thursday, November 12, 2015

Italian Police Say 15 arrested in European Swoop on Militants Planning Attacks

 
Reuters, 12/11 14:45 CET

By Massimiliano Di Giorgio

ROME (Reuters) – Police in six European countries arrested at least 15 suspected members of an Islamist militant group that was planning attacks in Norway and the Middle East, Italian authorities said on Thursday.

They said the militants planned to strike Norwegian and British diplomats in the Middle East and politicians in Norway but gave no further information about the potential targets or the time frame for any attacks.

Police in Oslo said there had never been a “concrete or acute threat” against any Norwegian citizens or interests.

The early-morning raids targeted the Rawti Shax group, which police said was a Kurdish Sunni Muslim group dedicated to overthrowing the government of Iraq’s Kurdistan region and replacing it with rule by sharia (Islamic law).

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Source: Euronews

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