French police arrest Norwegian neo-Nazi over terror plot
A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested in southwestern France yesterday after investigators decided he might stage a large "terrorist act", Interior Minister Manuel Valls said.
A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested in southwestern France yesterday after investigators decided he might stage a large "terrorist act", Interior Minister Manuel Valls said.
Varg Vikernes, who is also a convicted murderer from Norway, had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from Breivik, the far-right militant who killed 77 people in 2011.
Vikernes, 40, a well-known black metal musician in Norway, was arrested with his French wife Marie Chachet after she recently bought four rifles, Valls said.
"Having received the manifesto before (Breivik) committed his crimes and having been sentenced in Norway in the past for murder, this individual, who was close to a neo-Nazi movement, was likely to prepare a large terrorist act," Valls said.
Having received the manifesto before (Breivik) committed his crimes and having been sentenced in Norway in the past for murder, this individual, who was close to a neo-Nazi movement, was likely to prepare a large terrorist act
Officers were searching his home in Correze for weapons and explosives, a police source said.