Four people arrested over suspected terrorism links

(Swiss Info) Three men and one woman have been arrested in canton Fribourg as part of two criminal investigations into terrorism activities, Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has announced.

“The two criminal investigations relate to suspicions of the violation of Article 2 of the Federal Act on the Proscription of the Groups ‘Al-Qaeda’ and ‘Islamic State’ and Associated Organisations … and of supporting or participating in a criminal organization,” the OAG said in a statement on Friday.

The four people concerned are all aged between 26 and 34 years old and hail from the Balkans, the statement continued. One of them is a dual national of Switzerland.

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