Macedonian police say that Islamist terror attacks have been foiled in the Balkan country, as they announced the arrest of two citizens in a wider regional crackdown.
Mitko Cavkov, chief of public security, did not give details of the planned attacks, but his announcement follows reports of another strike planned at an Albanian football stadium this weekend during a match against Israel.
Since Saturday, 13 people have been arrested in neighboring Albania and Kosovo accused of plotting attacks and recruiting for the Islamic State (IS) group.
Macedonia said one of its citizens had been arrested in Kosovo on Tuesday and another was detained in Skopje. Their alleged aim was “to commit terrorist acts on Macedonian territory,” said Cavkov.
“We have intelligence that shows these people are radical Islamists” with links to the IS group, he tells reporters.
Albanian football officials said Tuesday that the country’s 2018 World Cup qualifier with Israel on Saturday would be moved to a different stadium for “security reasons”.
— AFP
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