Norwegian arrested in France accused of planning terror campaign

Tuesday, 16 July 2013
French Interior Ministry say a Norwegian national, was arrested on Tuesday in France on suspicion of planning a major terrorist action.
According to French media the Norwegian and his French wife were seized in Corrèze in central France. He is described as neo- Nazis and has previously served a sentence in Norway for a knife murder.

Image of the new Norwegian Varg Vikernes  40 accused of terristist plot,  arrested in France.  Photographed from Aftenposten Norway.

French media writes that the French intelligence service DCRI had the man under surveillance for several months. He is described as very active on the internet and he will be one of many who received the manifesto of the mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik in 2011.
The police is said to have had suspicions on him after discovering that his wife recently bought several firearms. His wife is a member of a shooting club and got the guns legally.

On Tuesday there was a major raid on the couple's farm to look for more weapons and explosives, according to French media.
According to Norwegian media, he is known as Varg Vikernes (40) was arrested by French anti-terrorist police, suspected of planning to carry out acts of violence. First French media mentioned that he had plans to conduct a "massacre."
"This person, who is a member of the neo-Nazi movement constitutes a potential threat to the community as he has shown through his statements on the internet, He should be detained" a statement from the French ministry said.
In the raid carried out by the French anti-terrorist police in Vikernes' home in the small town of Salon-la-Tour in the Corrèze region, five firearms were serized.
by Scancomark.com team