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Madrid: man arrested for plot against anti-Catholic protestors
August 17, 2011
Spanish police have arrested a 24-year-old chemistry student from Mexico on suspicions that he was plotting a chemical attack on anti-papal protestors at World Youth Day.
The man planned to use “suffocating gases,” according to a police statement.
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Further information:
- Spain: Student plotted attack on anti-Pope crowd (AP)
- Man arrested in Spain for plot against protests of papal visit (Fox News)
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