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Man on mission for fresh terror attacks in France arrested in Ukraine

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8 years ago

June 4, 2016

Man on mission for fresh terror attacks in France arrested in Ukraine

A man who was allegedly on his way to France to mastermind another terror attack has been arrested by eagle eyed security operatives in Ukraine.

The suspect, a Frenchman was nabbed carrying explosives on the Ukrainian-Polish border in late May, a Ukrainian Border Guard said on Saturday.

French broadcaster M6 reported on Friday that the 25-year-old was arrested by Ukrainian border guards with an arsenal of weapons and explosives including rocket launchers and Kalashnikov assault rifles in his vehicle.

A spokesman for the Ukrainian Border Guard, Oleg Slobodyan, confirmed the arrest. A spokeswoman for Ukraine’s SBU security service declined to comment.

The man, who is currently being held by Ukrainian authorities pending a possible extradition request from Paris, was planning an attack in France, M6 says.

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