<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654291697273,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017f-e2f4-de00-a7ff-e7fff8030000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654291697273,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017f-e2f4-de00-a7ff-e7fff8030000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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Four men, between ages 45 and 53, were apprehended on Tuesday after intelligence services found they were looking for Jewish people to attack during a soccer game in Strasbourg, AFP reported. Police discovered an “alarming” amount of firepower when they made the arrests, said Prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot during a press conference.
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The suspects allegedly possessed equipment to produce bullets and $26,800 worth of euros in cash. They have been charged with arms trafficking and could face up to 10 years behind bars.
Some 41 guns and ingredients for explosive devices were discovered near their homes, Roux-Morizot revealed on Friday. Of the discovered guns, 18 were legal and 23 were illegal. Roughly 167 magazines and 30 kilograms of gun powder were also found.
Officials believe the four men have ties to a neo-Nazi group in the eastern Alsace region of France. Material laced with antisemitism and Holocaust-denialism were discovered at the scene. Computer equipment seized from the suspects is being reviewed by French officials.
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France has one of the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in all of Europe, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner.
The country has ramped up its surveillance of domestic extremist groups in recent years, hoping to curtail hate crimes. Antisemitic occurrences in France ticked up 75% between 2020 and 2021, according to the Service de Protection de la Communaute Juive, a watchdog group in France.
