Posted on 12/11/2015 1:38:20 PM PST by csvset
Two Syrian nationals were arrested in Geneva on Friday and traces of explosives were found in their car, the local newspaper Tribune de Geneve and Swiss television said.
The newspaper gave no details on the identity of the two men or the circumstances of their arrest. It said it was unclear whether the arrests were linked to a heightened security alert Geneva authorities had declared last Thursday. It remained in effect at level 3 on a scale of 5.
"Two men of Syrian origin were arrested in Geneva on Friday," Swiss television said on its nightly news broadcast. "Traces of explosives were found in their car."
Geneva officials were not immediately available to comment, but a source close to the case told Reuters that two men had been arrested, without giving any details.
Swiss media and Reuters have reported that authorities are looking for four men believed to have been in Geneva this week. A van with Belgian plates and two men entered Switzerland from France via the Jura mountains on Tuesday and went back to France after a few hours, Swiss television said.
Earlier on Friday, Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga said that Swiss federal authorities had put Geneva on a high security alert this week after getting a tip from foreign authorities about a suspected Islamic State cell in the region.
Two sources confirmed to Reuters that the Central Intelligence Agency had provided a photo of four men to Swiss authorities on Wednesday, saying they could be on Swiss territory.
The photo, published in Swiss newspapers, showed four bearded men seated, with their faces blurred and index fingers raised in the air. A CIA spokesman in Washington declined to comment on Thursday.
The Swiss: Just doing the job Obama doesn’t want them to do.
Seems there’s enough blurbs coming in from around the world that our Muzzie friends may be getting ready for a worldwide show...
There go those racist Swiss again....
I swear, after reading all the headlines for the last couple months or so I feel like I am reading a script out of 24. It is like Jack bauer (The Donald) is doing his damndest to expose the evil that is going on while the government is in denial and cover up mode.
Go Trump Go!
Impossible. Obastard told us that Syrians were “indistinguishable from any child in America”.
Well, we shouldn’t judge these two Syrians with traces of explosives with all Syrians with traces of explosives.
There are obviously a lot more of them plotting to kill non-Muslims.
Coming, my friend, certainly coming, and on a larger scale than imagined.
The Swiss are such racists and so intolerant. Maybe playing with explosives is part of the moozlum culture. Have some respect.
The Swiss are such racists and so intolerant. Maybe playing with explosives is part of the moozlum culture. Have some respect.
Christmas Eve or New Year’s
Raised index fingers--just like Obama does.
“Raised index fingers—just like Obama does. “
The raised index finger has meaning to them .
It means allah has no son. It is how they mock Christianity
with their faces blurred
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Blurred why?
Swiss confirm arrest of two Syrians 'transporting explosives'
Swiss authorities said Saturday that two people of Syrian origin had been arrested on suspicion of transporting "explosives and toxic gases" as part of a probe into a terror threat.
The two suspects arrested Friday are accused of the "manufacture, concealment and transport of explosives and toxic gases", the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.
They are also under suspicion of violating Swiss law prohibiting "groups like Al-Qaeda, Islamic State and similar organisations", it added.
Several Swiss media reported Friday that two people had been arrested in the Geneva region and that traces of explosives were found in their car, as the western city remained on alert due to an increased jihadist threat.
Geneva's public prosecutor has announced a news conference for later Saturday.
The Geneva region raised its alert level to three on a five-point scale on Thursday, and armed police were deployed at sensitive locations across the city, which is home to the UN's European headquarters.
Geneva is almost entirely enclosed by France, a country still reeling from the jihadist attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris last month.
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