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Sunday 13 December 2015

Two terror suspects arrested in Geneva for making, transporting explosives / Photos

Two terror suspects arrested in Geneva for making, transporting explosives / Photos


Two suspected Syrians were arrested in Geneva on suspicion of transporting 'explosives and toxic gases' as part of a probe into a terror threat.

Two terror suspects arrested in Geneva for making, transporting explosives / Photos


Switzerland's attorney general said the men were also suspected of making and hiding the dangerous materials. But Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said only traces of explosives were found in the car, and did not elaborate on claims about potential chemical weapons.

Two terror suspects arrested in Geneva for making, transporting explosives / Photos


More arrests are expected to be made in the coming days amid heightened security on Switzerland's border with France.

Jornot said the two men, who spoke Arabic and had valid Syrian passports, had just arrived in Geneva. They were subjected to extra checks because of their 'behaviour and their nationality', he added.

He also claimed the traces of explosives found in the car may not have been linked to the pair, who had only recently acquired the car.

Officials have opened criminal proceedings against the men under a law which bans groups such as Al Qaeda and ISIS.

The men have been handed over to Swiss federal police despite denying criminal intent.

The two men were accused of 'manufacture, concealment and transport of explosives and toxic gases', the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Both men were arrested yesterday on the road outside Cologny, a municipality in the canton of Geneva yesterday.

The city has remained on high alert due to an increased extremist’s threat in Switzerland, with added security personnel making careful chats on vehicles.

Geneva's public prosecutor has announced a news conference for later with no confirmation yet of the chemicals found in the car.

The Geneva region raised its alert level to three on a five-point scale on Thursday following fears of a potential terror attack.

Armed police were deployed at sensitive locations across the city, which is home to the UN's European headquarters.

Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga revealed on Friday that a 'foreign authority' had handed over intelligence information to Swiss intelligence about 'a potential IS cell in the Geneva area'.

The news comes after it was revealed yesterday that Geneva police were searching for four suspects in relation to the deadly Paris attacks on 13 November.

Jornot said there is no indication these four suspects are still in Switzerland. He also said no link has been established between the quartet on the run and the arrest of two terror suspects.

Swiss intelligence service has been working closely with other US intelligence agencies in a bid to hunt down and prevent a possible terror attack in Switzerland.

Geneva is almost entirely enclosed by France, a country still reeling from the jihadist attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris last month.

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