Fanatic with huge weapons haul arrested as he plotted carnage at Euro 2016
275lbs of TNT, 5,000 rounds of ammo, 100 detonators, 2 rocket launchers, 5 kalashnikovs seized from fanatic planning 15 terror attacks
HEAVILY armed police are guarding the England team’s Euro 2016 hotel after security agencies warned the tournament was at high risk of a terror attack.
The gun carrying cops were pictured outside the luxury Auberge du Jeu de Paume hotel in Chantilly where the national team will be based.
“It’s a very tense time and nobody is taking any chances.” There will 90,000 French forces at the Euros after one commander said Englands’ opening match against Russia on Saturday was "particularly high risk". A computer belonging to the only surviving member of the Paris terror group, Salah Abdeslam, suggested Marseille would be a target. A Frenchman plotting an attack on the Euro 2016 was arrested in Ukraine earlier this month with 125kg of TNT and an assortment of weapons. He was arrested with an arsenal of weapons in his car and was planning to attack the tournament. The extremist plotted 15 terror attacks before and during the European football tournament, which have now been foiled. He was said to have been driven by ultra-nationalist views and planned 15 attacks on bridges, railways and other pieces of infrastructure for Euro 2016 that will be held in France. Players’ families have had security briefings and have been warned to be careful on social media. Top security experts will be in the country to protect the Wags and their children. They will not be allowed in the team hotel and secret private villas in the French countryside have been booked for the families. AN army of 90,000 cops are forming the tightest security ever seen at a football tournament. They will patrol fan zones and stadiums in ten French cities set to host seven million supporters, half a million from the UK. Last week the American state department warned: "Euro Cup stadiums, fan zones, and unaffiliated entertainment venues broadcasting the tournaments in France and across Europe represent potential targets for terrorists, as do other large-scale sporting events and public gathering places throughout Europe. ";We are alerting US citizens to the risk of potential terrorist attacks throughout Europe. "The large number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer months will present greater targets for terrorists planning attacks in public locations, especially at large events." The tournament begins in France on July 10 in the Paris area and eight other cities. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 90k cops to guard 7m fans
Paris, where terrorists killed 130 people in November, will have 13,000 officers.
In Marseilles, police commander Laurent Nunez described England’s opening game against Russia “a particularly high risk” fixture.
The Sun revealed last week that data on a computer belonging to Paris attacks “quartermaster” Salah Abdeslam pointed to a plot to target the Mediterranean city’s Vieux Port area.
But yesterday Roy Hodgson’s men looked relaxed as they arrived.
Scores of armed police escorted them to their five-star hotel in Chantilly while soldiers in camouflage fatigues stood by.
British special forces will help with the squad’s security.