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austriaDomestic intelligence service has revealed a cache of weapons Vienna is believed to be associated with palestinian extremist group Hamas For use in “potential terrorist attacks” Europe” the government said on Thursday.
An unidentified 39-year-old British national allegedly “with close links to the arms stockpile” was arrested in London on Monday, the Interior Ministry statement said.
“According to the current state of the investigation, Israeli or Jewish institutions in Europe were likely the targets of these attacks,” it said.
The weapons cache and suspects were part of an internationally coordinated investigation by the country’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence Services, or DSN, into “a global terrorist organization linked to Hamas.”
During the investigation, the ministry said its intelligence service “suspects that a group has brought weapons into Austria to use in potential terrorist attacks in Europe.”
The weapons cache, believed to be related to unspecified foreign operations linked to Hamas, was found in a suitcase in a rented storage room in Vienna and contained five handguns and 10 magazines.
Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said, “The current case shows once again that the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence has an excellent international network and that it takes consistent action against all forms of extremism.” “The mission is clear: zero tolerance for terrorists.”