The Icelandic police announced on Thursday September 22 that they had arrested four people during a large-scale operation linked to the preparation of a “
terrorist attack
”.
"
The origin of yesterday's police operations (...) was part of an investigation into the preparation of a terrorist attack
," said Karl Steinar Valsson, Iceland's national police commissioner, during of a press conference, adding that several semi-automatic weapons, in particular printed in 3D, had been seized as well as "
thousands
" of ammunition.
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