Brazil govt dispels concerns of terrorist attacks during Olympics
Minister Raul Jungmann
Brazil's Defense Minister Raul Jungmann dispelled concerns around an alleged Islamic State plan to launch a terrorist attack during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Jungmann said the security monitoring efforts for Rio 2016 have been led by intelligence agencies of Brazil's armed forces in cooperation with other countries, including the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Russia: “We have detected no threats. Of course there could be unexpected events, but there are no warnings of plots by any organizations or terrorist groups abroad at this time.”
“What we can say today in terms of counterintelligence is that we have not detected any moves to launch [an attack on the Olympics]—if nothing else, because Brazil is a country with no major ethnic, religious, or border conflicts,” Jungmann said.
The minister went on to note that this will be the first time there will be a dedicated intelligence center for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with officers from about 60 countries. “They will all be here. This center is already in place, as well as an Integrated Command and Control Center for the Olympics,” he said.
The minister conceded, however, that there are concerns about some lone-wolf attack by individual terrorists. “This is a concern not only in our country but globally, because it is a very difficult kind to detect.”
Translated by Mayra Borges
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