Plot to Derail Brazil Olympics -10 Arrested

Olympic Games is scheduled to be commenced in two weeks.in the meantime,   Brazilian police have arrested 10 members of a group alleged to be preparing acts of terrorism to derail Olympic games.

They were not members of so-called Islamic State, but had tried to make contact with the group, officials said.

The justice minister said the group was in the planning stage of an attack and police acted as a preventative measure.

Alexandre Moraes described the cell as “absolute amateurs” and “ill-prepared” to launch an attack.

All those arrested were Brazilian and two more suspects were being sought, he said.

They were detained across 10 different states, and had been in contact via messaging services such as WhatsApp.

An emergency meeting of the Brazilian cabinet has been called.

More than 80,000 police and soldiers will patrol Rio streets for the games which end on 21 August.