Norske högerextremisten Varg Vikernes (BILDEN) greps i morse i Frankrike misstänkt för att ha planerat en massaker, uppger franska medier.
La policía francesa ha detenido este martes de madrugada a Kristian Vikernes, un noruego de 40 años, y a su esposa, Marie Cachet, ciudadana francesa de 25 años, en su domicilio de Salon-la- Tour, cerca de Limoges, en el centro-sur de Francia. La Dirección Central de Inteligencia Interior vigilaba desde hacía años a Vikernes, líder de un grupo de black metal noruego y condenado en su país a 21 años de cárcel. Muy activo en Internet, el ahora detenido había recibido el manifiesto de Anders Breivik, el autor de la matanza de Oslo y Utoya de julio de 2011 que dejó 77 muertos. La fiscalía de París describe al hombre como “extremadamente peligroso”.
Norwegian heavy metal rock musician Kristian Vikernes, linked to the mass murderer Anders Breivik was arrested in southern France because French authorities feared that he might be planning a “massacre”.
Kristian Vikernes, 40, best known by his stage name “Varg”, was arrested in the village of Salon la Tour in Corrèze.
Vikernes, who had served 15 years in jail in Norway for murdering another rock musician, might have been planning a “substantial act of terrorism”, the interior minister, Manuel Valls, said. Local police in southwestern France spoke of a possible “massacre”.
The interior ministry said that it had “intercepted violent comments” on messages transmitted by Vikernes on the internet.
Vikernes, who had served 15 years in jail in Norway for murdering another rock musician, might have been planning a “substantial act of terrorism”, the interior minister, Manuel Valls, said. Local police in southwestern France spoke of a possible “massacre”.
The interior ministry said that it had “intercepted violent comments” on messages transmitted by Vikernes on the internet.