This Wednesday, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) arrested two Brazilians associated with the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah, who, according to the corporation, were going to provoke a wave of terrorist attacks against Jews and Jewish organizations in the country. One of the suspects was arrested in Sao Paulo and the other in the neighboring city of Guarulhos, where the international airport of the capital Sao Paulo is located.
The second alleged terrorist was arrested at Cumbica International Airport on the outskirts of Guarulhos after disembarking a flight from Lebanon. According to the PF, the suspect traveled to Lebanon specifically to provide guidance to Hezbollah in planning attacks, and judging by the little information released by the corporation, he likely also went to secure funds and financing for attacks with extremist groups. group. .
The PF says the group, which has other members, two of whom were also arrested but not arrested because they are in Lebanon, intended to carry out attacks against Brazil’s large Jewish community, concentrated mainly in Sao Paulo. Among the targets, according to police, will be synagogues, buildings of cultural associations associated with the Jewish community and Jewish leaders.
In addition to these two arrest warrants, the FP executed 11 search and arrest warrants against the alleged terrorist group. Of these 11, seven were held in the state of Minas Gerais, three in the Brazilian capital Brasilia and the last one in Sao Paulo.
In Brazil, in addition to a large Jewish community, there is also a large Arab community, among which there are a large number of Palestinians. In the south of Brazil, around the city of Foz do Iguacu, bordering Paraguay and Argentina, there is a large and wealthy Palestinian community, which was even visited many years ago by the late terrorist Osama bin Laden and which, investigations show, is an important center of international funding Hezbollah.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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