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Iceland police arrest four in ‘first-ever’ suspected terror plot UPDATE: neo-Nazis not jihadis
[IsraelTimes] Police probing possible links to foreign forces of Evil after large-scale operation, say targets may have included parliament of small nation considered among world’s most peaceful.Icelandic police said Thursday they had arrested four people in a large-scale operation linked to preparations of a "terrorist attack," thought to be the first-ever such arrests in the small Nordic island nation. Speaking at a presser, police said several semi-automatic weapons, including 3D-printed ones, had been seized at nine different locations, as well as "thousands" of rounds of ammunition. "The origin of the police operations yesterday... was in the context of an investigation into the preparation of a terrorist attack," Karl Steinar Valsson, National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, told news hounds. Four Icelanders in their 20s
Two of them had been ordered held in jug on Thursday. While potential motives were unknown, the targets are believed to be "various institutions of society" and "citizens of the state," according to Valsson, possibly including the parliament and the police itself. Police also said they were looking into where there were links between the men and Death Eater organizations and that they were in contact with foreign authorities. "As far as we know, this is the first time that an investigation of this type has been launched [in Iceland]," Valsson said. The small nation of 375,000 people has topped the Global Peace Index since it was included in the ranking in 2008 and is considered the "most peaceful country in the world." Violence is rare, evidenced by one of the lowest crime rates in the world, although a surge in
One group that has been on the police radar in Iceland in recent years is the neo-Nazi organisation known as Norðurvígi, or the Nordic Resistance Movement. The organisation has gained a foothold in Iceland and has an active website and has distributed pamphlets on the University of Iceland’s campus, among other sites. The latest report of the Office of the Commissioner of the National Police on the threat of terrorism in Iceland, published last year, cited the pan-Nordic group as a threat. “It is clear that the Nordic Resistance Movement falls under the groups of right-wing extremists that Norwegians and Swedes consider to be a cause for concern,” the report said.
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