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MOSTAR, March 15
(Hina) - The Dutch police counter-terrorism unit
has warned the Bosnian authorities about the possibility of a
terrorist attack in Sweden and Denmark to have been carried out by
five persons arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, Bosnian
media said on Saturday, refuting Swedish authorities' claims that this
was not a case of terrorist threats.The Dutch police counter-terrorism
unit has warned the Bosnian authorities about the possibility of a
terrorist attack in Sweden and Denmark to have been carried out by
five persons arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, Bosnian
media said on Saturday, refuting Swedish authorities' claims that this
was not a case of terrorist threats.
After the Swedish authorities
denied Bosnian state police agency SIPA's claims that this was about
terrorist activities, saying it was about a showdown between gangs, an
Interpol memo was leaked to the Bosnian media with a request by the
Dutch police counter-terrorism unit for monitoring persons suspected
of preparing a terrorist attack.
The Klix web portal highlighted the
memo's details on the delivery of explosive devices ordered by a Dutch
citizen of Bosnian origin, and said the Dutch police believed the
devices would be used for a terror attack in Sweden or Denmark.
Interpol requested information on Adis Ramic, who was to have
delivered the devices in Sarajevo, as well as on an acquaintance of
his from the Netherlands who ordered them. The memo said the two man
apparently knew each other from before and were of Islamic origin.
After this tip, SIPA agents arrested four Bosnian citizens, including
Ramic, and one Swedish citizen of Arab origin at the Bosanski Brod
border crossing and in Sarajevo on Friday. After being questioned at
SIPA, they were brought on Saturday before the State Prosecutor's
Office, which is to decide on their detention.
Swedish police denied
SIPA's claims that five persons with links to terrorism were arr...