Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday on suspicion of belonging to a group supporting Islamic State (IS) and preparing acts of terrorism during next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes said. Brazil's intelligence agency said on Tuesday it was investigating all threats to the Rio Olympics, which start on August 5, after a presumed Brazilian Islamist group pledged allegiance to IS. The group did not have direct contact with IS though some of its members had made "pro forma" declarations of allegiance to the militant Islamist group, the minister said. The minister said the leader of the group was based in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, with others spread in nine Brazilian states. "Those involved participated in an online group denominated 'the defenders of Sharia' and were planning to acquire weapons to commit crimes in Brazil and even overseas," Moraes told a news conference.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 21, 2016 16:30 UTC