ALBAWABA - Greek authorities arrested on Tuesday two Pakistanis who were accused of planning to target Israelis in Athens and said they had eliminated a "terrorist" network.
"After coordinated actions by the Greek police and the National Intelligence Service, a terrorist network was dismantled which, from abroad, was planning strikes against carefully selected targets on Greek territory," the statement said.
?? - 2 terror attacks today, 1 foiled in Greece 1 successful in Portugal, by Afghan or Pakistanis…
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Western secret services warned about it, that terrorism would return because of the Afghan defeat.
According to the police, the network was planning how to carry out the attack and had "already chosen the target of the attack."
Greek police sources stated that officials had captured two Pakistanis, matured 27 and 29, of Iranian origin, who were arranging assaults on Israelis in focal Athens.