Two arrested as members of a terrorist organisation to be brought before examining magistrate

The two suspects arrested as members of a terrorist organisation which, according to the authorities, was intending to hit a target of Jewish and Israeli interest in downtown Athens will be brought before an examining magistrate later on Friday.

The two defendants of Pakistani origin will be asked to answer to charges of forming and joining a criminal organisation. According to evidence in the case file, they were allegedly "recruited" with the promise of a hefty payment for human losses, by a branch of the "Guardians of the Islamic Revolution".