Police in North Macedonia bust ring selling drugs, weapons
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Police in North Macedonia have arrested eight men on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in the country.
Authorities detained the suspects on Sunday after carrying out searches in Kumanovo and Skopje. They also seized a large number of weapons.
The suspects are all aged between 21 and 32 years old, while one had a previous conviction of participation in the Islamic State group outside of North Macedonia.
The men have been charged with creating a terrorist organisation and face a prison sentence of up to 10 years if convicted.
The eight were arrested on suspicion of creating a terrorist organisation, based on the ideological matrix of the terrorist organisation ISIS, for committing murders and destroying public buildings and with the aim of creating fear or insecurity among the public, police said.