Five young men were arrested in Finland with the accusation that “they were planning a terrorist attackWith bombs and firearms, the country’s police announced earlier tonight.
According to a spokesman for the Internal Security Service (Supo), and as reported by AFP, the detainees, all “about 25 years old”, were supporters of “acceleration”, a far-right movement associated with white supremacists and mass killings in the United States. Their goal was to sow racial division in society.
Authorities point out that these are first arrests in Finland for an attempted far-right terrorist act.
The suspects were arrested on Tuesday. They all lived in Cancανnpaa, a town of 13,000, and today they were brought before a judge and were remanded in custody. It has not been revealed at the moment what their goal was, reports APE BPE, citing the same telegram of AFP.
Under many months of monitoring
All five were under surveillance here two years, after a first arrest, police said.
From the research done on him December 2019 “A significant amount of weapons, ammunition and explosives were found,” said Police Chief Tony Sieblom. They were also found in possession of “terrorist material”, which reinforces the belief that radicalized “and there was reason to consider them suspects in terrorist crimes.”
Earlier in the afternoon, their arrest was announced for the charge of “preparation of a terrorist act“, Without giving further details.
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