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| Brazil charges 11 people with attempting to establish Isis cell | Brazil charges 11 people with attempting to establish Isis cell |
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| Brazilian federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send to Syria, according to a court filing. | Brazilian federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send to Syria, according to a court filing. |
| Police tracked the alleged Isis militants through their social media messages after Spain’s Guardia Civil provided telephone numbers found on a Brazilian arrested in Spain for belonging to a jihadist group there. | Police tracked the alleged Isis militants through their social media messages after Spain’s Guardia Civil provided telephone numbers found on a Brazilian arrested in Spain for belonging to a jihadist group there. |
| In one WhatsApp chat group, some of the Brazilian suspects discussed plans to copy last year’s London Bridge attack during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro or Salvador to kill as many people as possible, the document said. | In one WhatsApp chat group, some of the Brazilian suspects discussed plans to copy last year’s London Bridge attack during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro or Salvador to kill as many people as possible, the document said. |
| Brazilian police arrest Isis-linked group over alleged Olympics attack plot | Brazilian police arrest Isis-linked group over alleged Olympics attack plot |
| Two of the Brazilians are being held in a maximum-security prison and five others, arrested since October, were freed pending trial, said a spokesman for the prosecutors office for the state of Goiás in central Brazil that filed the charges. | Two of the Brazilians are being held in a maximum-security prison and five others, arrested since October, were freed pending trial, said a spokesman for the prosecutors office for the state of Goiás in central Brazil that filed the charges. |
| Police found homemade weapons in the house of one of the suspects, who identified himself in social media messages as a supporter of the militant Islamic movement al-Qaida. | Police found homemade weapons in the house of one of the suspects, who identified himself in social media messages as a supporter of the militant Islamic movement al-Qaida. |
| It was the second copycat group dismantled by Brazil in two years. | It was the second copycat group dismantled by Brazil in two years. |
| Before the 2016 Rio Olympics, police arrested 10 people suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting IsisI who discussed terrorist acts during the games. | Before the 2016 Rio Olympics, police arrested 10 people suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting IsisI who discussed terrorist acts during the games. |
| The Brazilian government described the group as “absolutely amateur” and said its members were in contact via messaging apps but did not know each other personally. | The Brazilian government described the group as “absolutely amateur” and said its members were in contact via messaging apps but did not know each other personally. |
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