An Austrian man and a
Turkish woman were arrested on a plane about to take off from Vienna for
Istanbul after a machine gun was found in their checked-in luggage,
authorities said Saturday.
“The couple were already on board the
aircraft by the time the machine gun and live ammunition were discovered
in their checked-in luggage,” Austrian interior minister spokesman
Alexander Marakovits told AFP.
He said there were currently “no
indications” that the couple, both aged around 40, intended to join ISIS
militants in Syria and Iraq, but that an investigation was continuing.
The
incident occurred on Friday. In common with other European countries,
Austria has seen a stream of people, some of them in their teens, leave
to fight for IS, with Turkey the main crossover point.
Source: http://english.alarabiya.net
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