Kosovo Police Detain 19 Suspected of IS Links, Terror Attack Plans

World » SOUTHEAST EUROPE | November 17, 2016, Thursday // 07:55
Bulgaria: Kosovo Police Detain 19 Suspected of IS Links, Terror Attack Plans File photo, EPA/BGNES

Kosovo police have said nineteen people have been arrested across the country on suspicions of links to the Islamic State (IS) group and plans to carry out terrorist attacks.

The detainees supposedly sought to act in both Kosovo and Albania, the Bulgarian National Radio quotes officials as saying.

Weapons, munitions, explosives, and a drone were found and seized during the police operation.

Allegedly, instructions were handed by a self-proclaimed commander of Albanians in Syria and Iraq. Plans included an attack on the Israeli national football team during its game with Albania last week.

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