Brazil: magnified the threat from jihadists
Brazil: magnified the threat from jihadists
The threat of committing a jihadist attack in Brazil, which is preparing to host the Olympics in August, has enlarged, estimated officer of the security services of the Latin American country.
Brazil has for years considered unlikely to become extremists target, because of its history and the fact that it is autonomous, multicultural country without enemies.
But the director of the anti-terrorist Luis Alberto Salamperi assessed in a written statement that the threat has increased in recent months, citing both the attacks in other countries and increase the number of Brazilians who, he said, are reported to be supporters of jihadist organization Islamic State (IR).
Even the Salamperi confirmed that a threat against the Brazilian State Security, which was made last year, is reliable.
The threat against Brazil delivered a message through Twitter sent last November Maxim Osar -French national who has been confirmed that one of the executioners of IK in propaganda videos of the organization; and is authentic, according to Salamperi.
"Brazil are the next our target", was the message.
The Salamperi noted that his agency has taken measures to prevent possible attack, including the exchange of information with the security services of other countries and to improve the education of Brazilian security services.
But security experts warn that many Brazilians officials did not realize how attractive scenery is the Olympics for the terrorists - they can launch attacks on stadiums, infrastructure, against athletes or some of the 500,000 tourists expected to visit the country for the organization .
Brazilian officials, pursuing the successful organization of the first Olympic Games in South America, after the successful hosting of the 2014 World Football Cup, have emphasized how to guarantee the safety of the event, which begins on August 5th.
The organizers plan to develop somewhere 85,000 men of the security services and the army in the games, a number twice that which had developed in London in 2012.
The threat of committing a jihadist attack in Brazil, which is preparing to host the Olympics in August, has enlarged, estimated officer of the security services of the Latin American country.
Brazil has for years considered unlikely to become extremists target, because of its history and the fact that it is autonomous, multicultural country without enemies.
But the director of the anti-terrorist Luis Alberto Salamperi assessed in a written statement that the threat has increased in recent months, citing both the attacks in other countries and increase the number of Brazilians who, he said, are reported to be supporters of jihadist organization Islamic State (IR).
Even the Salamperi confirmed that a threat against the Brazilian State Security, which was made last year, is reliable.
The threat against Brazil delivered a message through Twitter sent last November Maxim Osar -French national who has been confirmed that one of the executioners of IK in propaganda videos of the organization; and is authentic, according to Salamperi.
"Brazil are the next our target", was the message.
The Salamperi noted that his agency has taken measures to prevent possible attack, including the exchange of information with the security services of other countries and to improve the education of Brazilian security services.
But security experts warn that many Brazilians officials did not realize how attractive scenery is the Olympics for the terrorists - they can launch attacks on stadiums, infrastructure, against athletes or some of the 500,000 tourists expected to visit the country for the organization .
Brazilian officials, pursuing the successful organization of the first Olympic Games in South America, after the successful hosting of the 2014 World Football Cup, have emphasized how to guarantee the safety of the event, which begins on August 5th.
The organizers plan to develop somewhere 85,000 men of the security services and the army in the games, a number twice that which had developed in London in 2012.
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