Weapons from 3D printer
Attacks of right -wing terrorist group in Portugal
In Portugal, warnings have long been warned of an increase in right -wing extremist activities. The country’s police are now succeeding in this context. It triggers cheers, but also arouses worries.
In Portugal, a suspected right -wing extremist terrorist cell has been smashed, which is said to have planned attacks on the parliament in Lisbon. With 15 searches in the capital and in the Lisbon area, six people were arrested and explosives, firing and other weapons, ammunition, IT equipment and 3D printers ensured for weapon production, the criminal police in Lisbon said.
The arrested would urgently suspect that they were involved in the formation and support of a terrorist association, it said. In addition, you will be charged with the spread of hate messages, calls to violence and unauthorized weapon possession.
“It surprised us what quality and diversity the material seized,” said the boss of the anti-terrorist unit (UNCT) of the criminal police, Manuela Santos. Among those arrested is a high -ranking police officer. Santos did not rule out that other members of the police or military could be involved in the group.
Increased activities of anti -system groups since pandemic
The organization called “Movimento Armilar Lusitano” (painting) (literally something like “Lusitan armillary movement”), recruited members and “planned targeted actions”, including “attacks on institutions” such as the parliament, emphasized the anti-terrorist boss.
In Portugal, warnings have been used for a long time about an increase in illegal activities of right -wing extremists and other anti -system groups. Santos said this development has been increasingly registered since pandemic.
The police coup was celebrated by media and politicians. But he also wakes up worries. “We are very concerned about the increase in right-wing extremists,” said Kripo director Luís Neves. “This is very dangerous. Weapons that are made with 3D printers. I never thought that I would ever see it in Portugal,” researcher Cátia Moreira de Carvalho, an expert in violent extremism and radicalization, was quoted in the newspaper “Diario de Notícias”. More prevention measures are urgently needed.
dpa
Source: Stern
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