North Macedonia arrests 8 suspected of terrorism
By Abiodun Ogundairo
30 December 2020 |
2:48 pm
Police have linked the individuals to the "Islamic State" terror group. In November, an Austrian-born man of Macedonian-Albanian descent carried out an attack in Vienna, killing four and wounding several others.
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