Brazilian Police, with the help of Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN), dismantled an ISIL linked group arresting another suspect for allegedly preparing to carry out terrorist acts against Rio Olympics 2016, that will start the next month.According Brazilian website Jornal do Brasil the suspect was blocked by military police on 24 July in Comodoro, 656 km from Cuiaba and detained in the western state of Mato Grosso that borders with Bolivia.
The detainee is accused of being members of an online group who called themselves 'Defenders of Sharia'.
The group pledged their allegiance to ISIL and celebrated recent mass terror attacks that occurred in Nice, France, and Orlando, United States.
The arrest is a part of the police's Operation Hashtag, which rounded up an initial 10 suspects on 21 July.
Another suspect, named Valdir Pereira da Rocha, handed himself in on 22 July to authorities in Mato Grosso state, at Vila Bela da Santissima Trindade, 562 km from Cuiaba.
He was transferred to the federal prison at Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul, with the rest of the group 'Defenders of Sharia'.
Brazilian Police and Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) are part of the 'Centro Integrado Antiterrorismo (Ciant)', to counter terrorist threats against the Rio Olympics 2016.
The group is working with Intelligence Agencies from United States, France, Belgium, Britain, Argentina and Paraguay.
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