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Brazil police arrest 10 in alleged Islamic terrorist plot

July 21, 2016 by

Brazilian Federal Police on Thursday arrested 10 people belonging to an alleged Islamic terrorist cell. Police said the ten were “in the planning stages” of terrorist attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, set to begin August 5. Police said all of those arrested were Brazilian citizens and had apparently been recruited by international Islamic groups via the Internet.

Link to government news agency release

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