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Police connected the Greek land of Crete connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) arrested a 37-year-old Palestinian antheral connected suspicion of readying “terrorist” attacks and belonging to the militant radical Hamas.
Police said successful a little connection the antheral is besides nether probe for traveling overseas to acquisition training.
Searches successful homes successful some Crete and the Greek capital, Athens, turned up a fig of mobile phones, a laptop, outer hard drives and slope cards. The fishy volition look earlier a magistrate aboriginal Sunday.
The suspect, an electrician who has been surviving successful Crete for the past year, had placed an online bid for what constabulary said were “chemical agents" that could beryllium utilized successful the manufacture of explosives.
Police said the man’s apprehension is linked to the detention of 4 Palestinian men successful Cyprus who are besides being investigated connected terrorism-related charges and belonging to a transgression organization.
Greek authorities said the fishy was successful interaction with 1 of the 4 Palestinians successful Cyprus with whom helium traveled to Malaysia for grooming connected making explosives utilizing commercially disposable chemic agents.
Cypriot instrumentality enforcement authorities initially placed 2 Palestinians successful custody connected May 22, pursuing what they said was the valuation of gathered intelligence. Authorities said they discovered successful 2 residences utilized by 1 of the men worldly that could beryllium utilized successful the manufacture of explosives.
Cypriot constabulary detained 2 different Palestinian men connected May 29 arsenic portion of the aforesaid investigation.
