Terrorister med Sverigekontakter gripna i Bosnien

Fem islamistiska terrorister har

gripits i Bosnien misstänkta för

att ha planerat attentat mot kyrkor

och internationell personal i landet.

De är en del i ett omfattande nätverk

över Västeuropa. Mirsad Bektasevic

(alias Maximus) och Abdulkadir Cesur

liksom Glostrup-ligan i Danmark för-

modas ingå i nätverket.

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In the second major anti-terrorism

operation in Bosnia in three years,

Bosnian police have arrested five men

and seized anti-tank mines, laser sights,

electronic equipment, topographic

maps and bomb-making manuals.
The ongoing investigation shows

so far that the group involved

in the alleged plot is connected

with earlier terrorism-related arrests

in the country, and that the network

extends to Western European capitals.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Federation

Anti-Terror Unit on 20 March arrested

five men:

Rijad Rustempasic, Muhamed Meco,

Abdulah Handzic and Edis Velic,

all in their early thirties and from

Sarajevo, along with Muhamed Ficer,

from the central Bosnian city of

Bugojno, who was released from custody

after questioning.

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The four arrested in Sarajevo were

members of the local

Wahhabi movement

- the Saudi-based and financed order

following a strict interpretation of Islam.

Some of the suspects were already

well known to the police for their

radical activities. The group had

been under surveillance for several

months by the Federation Anti-Terror

Unit and the State Prosecutor's Office.

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Federation Anti-Terror Unit

and the State Prosecutor's Office

have strong evidence that Rustempasic's

group was planning attacks on

Catholic Churches and international forces

within the country during the Easter holidays.

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According to the authors' source

from the Federation police, who

are running the investigation,

the alleged leader of the group

is Rustempasic, who was born and

raised in Bugojno but moved to Sarajevo

four years ago.

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On condition of anonymity,

the police source said

that Rustempasic was one of

the most notorious and most

violent Bosnian radical Muslim

they had so far investigated, and

that the suspect has managed to

evade prison thanks to the

tolerance of the local authorities

in Bugojno.

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