Polisen på Cypern har gjort vissa fynd i
samband med gripandet av den 24-årige
libanes med svensk pass som misstänks
ha planerat ett terrorattentat.
– Det är ett mycket allvarligt fall som
handlar om den nationella säkerheten
och känsliga säkerhetsfrågor, så jag
kan inte gå in på några detaljer, säger
presstalesmannen för den cypriotiska
polisen Andreas Angelides, till TT.
– Men vi har hittat vissa bevis som
vi undersöker.
Mannen, som har svenskt medborgarskap,
greps den 7 juli i Limassol efter information
från "utländska källor".
Enligt flera medier ska han ha planerat
attentat mot israeliska turister.
Han är häktad och nya omhäktnings-
förhandlingar ska hållas på fredag.(TT)
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused
Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas and
Iran on
Sunday of plotting to attack
its citizens in Cyprus after police on
the
Mediterranean island arrested a
foreigner on suspicion of security
offences.**
The suspect, who was arrested in Limassol
The suspect, who was arrested in Limassol
port on July 7, was
described by Cypriot
media as a Swedish passport-holder
of Lebanese
descent.
He was detained after tracking the movement
He was detained after tracking the movement
of Israeli tourists
on the island, according to
some reports, but has not been charged with
any
crime.
**
In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister
**
In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu called
the incident
"the attempted terrorist attack by
Hezbollah against an Israeli
target
in Cyprus".
He accused the Shi'ite guerrilla group's
sponsor, Iran, of
overall responsibility.
**
Israeli diplomats have been targeted in several
Israeli diplomats have been targeted in several
countries in recent months by bombers who
Israel said struck on behalf of
Iran.
Though Tehran has denied involvement,
Though Tehran has denied involvement,
some analysts believe it is
trying to avenge
the assassinations of several scientists from
its controversial
nuclear programme, which
the Iranians have blamed on Israel and its
Western
allies.
**
"This terror is conducted under Iran's
**
"This terror is conducted under Iran's
auspices. It is part of
the Iranian plan,"
Netanyahu said in the statement.
Hezbollah has its own scores to settle with
Hezbollah has its own scores to settle with
the Jewish state. Two years after their 2006
border war,
the Lebanese militia lost its
commander to a Damascus car bomb it
said was the
work of Israeli spies, and
vowed revenge.