Brazilian police arrest 10 jihadi suspects in terror ring planning to attack tourists at the Olympics
Extremist group, linked to depraved ISIS thugs, smashed two weeks before sporting event
BRAZIL's federal police has arrested ten members of an extremist group which was plotting “acts of terrorism” against the Olympic Games in Rio.
Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes confirmed the news that the brainwashed group, which is linked with death cult ISIS, has been stopped two weeks before the sporting event.
The country's government has reportedly called an emergency cabinet meeting following the arrests in the southern state of Parana.
Earlier this week it emerged that a Brazilian Jihadist group had pledged allegiance to the depraved Islamic State.
Extremist monitoring agency SITE, reported that the group created a channel on Telegram called ‘Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil’.
It is believed to be South America’s first ISIS-supporting faction.
Today is was revealed that ISIS extremists have published a terror manual detailing how “long wolf” fanatics should target the Olympic Games in Rio.
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The brainwashed killers posted the step-by-step guide, which includes 17 different attack methods, on social network Telegram.
According to US counter terrorism expert Rita Katz, the terrifying manual featured plots on airports and public transport, random knife attacks, poisoning innocent people and kidnapping hostages.
The warped thugs also urged “lone wolves”, like the Nice terror attacker Mohamed Bouhlel, to target the sporting event in Rio which kicks off on August 5.
Brazilian fanatics have been uploading pictures of weapons to Twitter before the start of the Rio Games.
One American ISIS fanatic claims to be in the city making weapons for twisted terror attackers.
On Tuesday, the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) issued a statement addressing heightened fears of an ISIS plot.
They said: “All threats related to Rio 2016 Games are being thoroughly cleared, in particular those related to terrorism."
"Because of the subject of sensitivity, threats are addressed in an integrated way, the specialized units of confronting terrorism of the three axes responsible for the security of Rio 2016 Games - Intelligence, Public Security and Defence.”
Around 85,000 members of Brazil’s security forces – 47,000 policemen and 38,000 soldiers – will be mobilised to ensure the safety of the thousands of athletes and fans expected to attend the event which runs from August 5 until 21.
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