US EditionLithuania charges 15 with terrorism over ‘Russia bomb plot’
- On July 19, 2024, four parcels containing explosive devices were sent from Vilnius via DHL and DPD to multiple European destinations, resulting in three detonations in Germany, Poland, and the UK.
- Lithuanian prosecutors uncovered the plot as part of a Russian-organized network involving fifteen suspects, some linked to a foiled May 9 arson at a Vilnius IKEA store and coordinated via Telegram with cryptocurrency payments.
- The explosive devices were homemade incendiary charges concealed in everyday items with electronic timers, and investigators found over six kilograms of explosives and detonators during searches in several countries.
- Authorities indicated that the parcels were intended to trigger intense fires and potentially devastating damage, with a Eurojust-coordinated joint investigation involving law enforcement agencies from at least ten countries underway to probe the incidents.
- The investigation led to charges against suspects from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Ukraine, and highlighted concerns over Russian military intelligence links, while Moscow denied involvement and dismissed accusations as Russophobia.
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In July last year, within four days, three packages are set on fire in different European countries. Now, the police in Lithuania are able to strike a blow against the alleged perpetrators. However, their clients are not to be found in the Baltic States.
Lithuania has identified a network of people associated with Russia who were supposed to have sent fire sets in courier packages last year. There was also an incident in Germany.
Lithuanian intelligence agencies have dismantled an organized crime group. The suspects allegedly carried out four terrorist acts in various European countries, including Poland, including using self-inflammable parcels sent by courier.
Russia-linked group planned parcel bomb attacks in Europe
Prosecutors in Lithuania said on Wednesday that it disrupted a Russian-led plot to use mail parcels for bomb attacks across Europe. Several suspects with ties to Russian military intelligence were involved in the plot, a Lithuanian general prosecutor and criminal police said. According to Lithuanian National Television (LNT), among the suspects charged are nationals of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine. Homemade incendiary devices w…
The Prosecutor General's Office and the Criminal Bureau of the Lithuanian Police have exposed a group of individuals who organized and planned to commit four terrorist attacks in different European countries.
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