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 A Frenchman detained last month with a cache of weapons had planned attacks during Euro 2016, according to Ukrainian police. The US State Department has issued a related Europe Travel Alert.
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A Frenchman detained with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks during the Euro 2016 tournament in France, Ukraine's security agency says.
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Ukrainian authorities claim to have prevented 15 planned attacks that would have targeted the Euro 2016 football tournament in France.
Vasily Gritsak, head of Ukraine's state security service (SBU), said a French citizen detained last month at the border between Ukraine and Poland had been planning a string of attacks aimed at the championship.
The Frenchman was arrested after allegedly making contact with illegal armed groups to buy guns and explosives, Sky News reported.
'The Frenchman spoke negatively about his government's actions, mass immigration, the spread of Islam and globalization, and also talked about plans to carry out several terrorist attacks,' Gritsak told journalists, saying that alleged planned targets included Jewish and Muslim places of worship, Euronews reported.
'The SBU was able to prevent a series of 15 acts of terror [planned] for the eve and during the Euro soccer championship,' he said.
France has faced no shortage of problems in the run-up to the competition. Beyond security fears—tensions remain high in Paris following two large-scale attacks on the capital in November 2015—floods have swept parts of the country, and widespread strikes have threatened power and transport links.
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