Peru arrests 2 accused of planning attack on Israeli at APEC forum

Peruvian police on Friday said they had captured an Iranian and a Peruvian national who, according to preliminary findings, allegedly were planning an attack on an Israeli person at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC). Peru's chief of police, Oscar Arriola, told a press conference the arrests were made after an investigation in coordination with international intelligence agencies, which provided "sensitive" information about an Iranian citizen who arrived in Peru at the beginning of March.

Peruvian police on Friday said they had captured an Iranian and a Peruvian national who, according to preliminary findings, allegedly were planning an attack on an Israeli person at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC).

Peru's chief of police, Oscar Arriola, told a press conference the arrests were made after an investigation in coordination with international intelligence agencies, which provided "sensitive" information about an Iranian citizen who arrived in Peru at the beginning of March. "We had to act quickly because today (the Iranian) was set to return to Iran after forming a terrorist cell to wipe out an Israeli national", Arriola said.

Both the Iranian, whom Arriola identified as 56-year-old Majid Azizi, and the Peruvian were arrested on Thursday, he said. Azizi also holds Peruvian nationality by marriage, Arriola said. Arriola said that authorities had identified the Israeli who would have been targeted in the attack, though they were choosing not to release the person's name due to security reasons.

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