They arrived in September with the intention of burning down the production facilities of a private company in the town of Siauliai.
Two Spanish citizens were arrested in Latvia and extradited to neighboring Lithuaniawhere they were wanted for allegedly planning a terrorist act, as reported this Tuesday by the Attorney General’s Office of this second country in a press release.
The two Spaniards, whose identities are not known, arrived in Lithuania last September with the intention of burning down the production facilities of a private company in the town of Siauliai, in the north of the country, as well as material outside it.
After failing in his attempt to escape Lithuanian security forces, They tried to hide in Riga -capital of neighboring Latvia-, where they were arrested by members of the state security services.
Shortly after, they were handed over to Lithuania “under a European order” issued by this Baltic country and currently “they are in detention and the preliminary investigation continues”, indicated the general prosecutor’s office, which did not did not want to provide an answer. more details so as not to harm its “success”.
The research is framed in section 2 linked to “terrorism” of the Lithuanian Criminal Code.
The two “investigated by Lithuanian justice are in Kaunas”, a city located in the center of the country, as indicated by sources from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without going into further details, as is customary in this type of situation. “the Spanish Embassy is aware of the case and provides necessary consular assistance» to both.
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