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Brazilian Police Finish Anti-Extremist Operation Ahead of Rio Olympics

© REUTERS / Fabrizio BenschA Brazilian military police soldier patrols at the security fence outside the 2016 Rio Olympics Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, 2016.
A Brazilian military police soldier patrols at the security fence outside the 2016 Rio Olympics Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Brazil’s federal police announced Monday it had detained the last suspect in connection with a foiled attack on next month’s Rio Olympics.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The last suspect was detained with the help of military police in Comodoro in the western-central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. He was identified as Leonid El Kadre de Melo, a mechanic, according to O Globo journal.

"Operation Hashtag was concluded overnight," the federal police tweeted, adding the last arrest warrant was served and the suspect would be sent to an undisclosed federal prison after a hearing.

This was the twelfth and the last arrest, which wrapped up last week's security operation, dubbed Operation Hashtag. It targeted a group of Islamist sympathizers who had allegedly been discussing an attack on the Rio Olympic Games via mobile messengers.

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