(AFP) Hungarian counterterror police said Wednesday they had arrested an “Islamist” terror suspect who plotted to attack mass events, including the Euro 2020 football tournament venue in Budapest, local media reported.
The 21-year-old male was “a completely average young Hungarian” who identified as an Islamist, Janos Hajdu, head of the counterterror police (TEK), told reporters.
The man, a university student in Budapest, communicated on websites containing “explicit jihadist propaganda” linked to the Islamic State about how to carry out attacks, said Hajdu.
“He committed to making a pipe-bomb and using it at a mass event, in Budapest or elsewhere in Hungary … in the near future,” said Hajdu.
