June 6, 2016
By AP
Ukraine's intelligence agency SBU (click here) said on Monday it has thwarted a plot to attack the European Championship in France by arresting a Frenchman who wanted to cross from Ukraine into the European Union with an array of weaponry.
The SBU said it had followed the man since December and allowed him to purchase five machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons before he was arrested on the border between Ukraine and Poland last month.
"The Ukrainian Security Service has managed to foil a series of 15 terrorist attacks which were planned to target France before and during the European football championships," Vasyl Hrytsak, the security agency's chief, told national television.
The SBU did not identify the man but said he wanted to protest against his government's migration policies and the spread of Islam. It said he planned attacks on bridges, railways and other pieces of infrastructure for Euro 2016 that will be held in France....
By AP
Ukraine's intelligence agency SBU (click here) said on Monday it has thwarted a plot to attack the European Championship in France by arresting a Frenchman who wanted to cross from Ukraine into the European Union with an array of weaponry.
The SBU said it had followed the man since December and allowed him to purchase five machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons before he was arrested on the border between Ukraine and Poland last month.
"The Ukrainian Security Service has managed to foil a series of 15 terrorist attacks which were planned to target France before and during the European football championships," Vasyl Hrytsak, the security agency's chief, told national television.
The SBU did not identify the man but said he wanted to protest against his government's migration policies and the spread of Islam. It said he planned attacks on bridges, railways and other pieces of infrastructure for Euro 2016 that will be held in France....
