烏克蘭挫敗與歐洲盃相關恐怖陰謀

Ukraine claimed on Monday to have thwarted a terrorist plot tied to the upcoming Euro 2016 football championship in France by last month arresting a French national seeking heavy weapons and explosives in the country’s war-torn eastern regions.

烏克蘭週一聲稱挫敗了一樁與即將舉行的2016年“歐洲盃”有關的恐怖主義陰謀，上月，烏克蘭在該國戰火紛飛的東部地區逮捕了一名尋找重型武器和爆炸物的法國籍人士。

The arrest occurred in late May, according to authorities, and the suspect appears to have harboured far-right views.

據烏克蘭當局稱，此次逮捕發生在5月末，嫌疑人似乎持極右翼觀點。

“We were able to prevent a series of terrorist acts,” Vasyl Hrytsak, chief of Ukraine’s SBU state security service said at a press conference in Kiev on Monday.

烏克蘭國家安全局(SBU)局長瓦西里•格里察克(Vasyl Hrytsak)週一在基輔一個新聞發佈會上表示：“我們阻止了一系列恐怖主義行動。”

“The targets of explosions were to include: a Muslim Mosque, a Jewish synagogue, an institution collecting taxes from French citizens, autobahn surveillance points and many other spots. All together, 15 terrorists attacks were planned,” he added.

他補充稱：“爆炸襲擊目標包括一座穆斯林清真寺、一座猶太教堂、一個從法國公民那裏收繳稅款的機構、高速公路監控點以及其他很多地點。總共計劃發動15次恐怖襲擊。”

But details of the case remained murky on Monday, with French investigators seeking to verify the claims of their Ukrainian counterparts. A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor said no investigation into alleged terrorism had been opened yet. The man remained in Ukrainian custody.

然而有關此案的具體案情週一尚不清楚，法國調查人員正試圖覈實烏克蘭方面的言論。巴黎檢方發言人表示，針對據稱的恐怖活動尚未立案調查。嫌疑人仍被烏克蘭拘留。