Two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested on terrorism charges in Greece, police said Tuesday.
The suspects were charged with membership in a terrorist organization and were being held at police headquarters in the capital, authorities said. A third man, who is not in the country, was wanted for questioning and charged in absentia.
Government and police officials told the Associated Press that both suspects were of Pakistani origin. The officials asked not to be identified pending official announcements.
The Mossad helped Greece crack an Iranian terror cell, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday night.
The spy agency said that it had assisted Greece with analyzing and taking apart Iran’s operating procedures to solve the puzzle of the underlying crime and method of operation of the terror organization involved.
“This is another example of Iran trying to use terror against Israeli and Jewish targets overseas,” said the clandestine agency.
Further, Mossad helped identify the connection between the local terror cell in Greece and Iran’s broader global terror operations.
According to the intelligence agency, “along with our intelligence partners, we will act in our role without rest to thwart Iran’s intentions to cause harm throughout the world.”
According to the intelligence agency, “along with our intelligence partners, we will act in our role without rest to thwart Iran’s intentions to cause harm throughout the world.”
Earlier Tuesday, Greek police disrupted what they called a foreign terrorist network operating within the country and arrested two foreign nationals.