Libanesiske islamisten med svenskt pass planerade stort terrordåd

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

port on July 7, was described by Cypriot

media as a Swedish passport-holder

of Lebanese descent.
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

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.

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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,

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

auspices. It is part of the Iranian plan,"

Netanyahu said in the statement.

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.