from AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 23:24
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56544081
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/56544079
European police agencies said on Friday that 22 people had been identified as being part of attacks involving a series of exploding parcels in Europe in 2024, which the Russian military intelligence service was suspected of being behind.
Explosions occurred in courier depots in Britain, Germany and Poland with security officials suggesting they were part of a test run for a Russian plot to trigger explosions on cargo flights to the United States.
Moscow has always denied allegations it was involved in any such operation, or other accusations of a wider sabotage campaign involving arson attacks aimed at destabilising allies of Ukraine.
‘VULNERABLE’ SUSPECTS Eurojust, the European Union’s justice cooperation agency, said on Friday that a joint investigation by German, Polish, Dutch, British and Lithuanian detectives had identified 22 suspects in Lithuania and Poland who were suspected of working on behalf of Russia’s GRU intelligence agency.
“The suspected perpetrators were recruited from Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine and were often in a vulnerable socio-economic situation,” the Eurojust statement said. “It is suspected that the acts carried out by these suspects were executed on behalf of the military-intelligence service of the Russian Federation.”
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