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Lithuania charges 15 over alleged Russian-backed parcel bombs
Fifteen suspects from five countries, linked to Russian military intelligence, planned July 2024 parcel bomb attacks to cause fires and destabilize European allies, prosecutors said.
- Fifteen people have been charged with terrorism offences in Lithuania over an alleged Russian-backed plot to detonate parcels in Germany, Poland, and the UK.
- The suspects are accused of using delivery companies to send four packages of explosives hidden in cosmetics containers from Vilnius, with fires breaking out in the three countries in July last year.
- Lithuanian investigators say the plot was coordinated by individuals with links to Russian military intelligence services and was aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada.
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