KIEV, UKRAINE — A French nationalist detained in Ukraine with a huge arms cache planned a series of terrorist attacks at the Euro 2016 soccer championship, according to Ukrainian security services. <br /> <br />Suspect Gregoire Moutaux, a 25-year-old farmer from the French region of Lorraine, was arrested in a sting operation by Ukrainian security services when he attempted to cross into Poland on May 21, the BBC reported. <br /> <br />Ukraine’s SBU security service said Moutaux travelled to the war-torn east of the country to buy arms before his arrest in the town of Yahodyn near the Polish border, according to the BBC. <br /> <br />Moutaux allegedly bought an arsenal of weapons, which included five AK-47 rifles with 5,000 bullets, 125 kilos of TNT and 100 detonators, plus two RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launchers with 18 rounds. He also had 20 balaclavas. <br /> <br />The SBU said police patrols were among 15 targets Moutaux planned to attack during Euro 2016. Other targets allegedly included mosques, synagogues, tax offices, motorways and bridges. <br /> <br />The SBU said Moutaux planned the attacks as a protest against immigration, the spread of Islam and globalization, the BBC reported. <br /> <br />However, French police said there was no specific threat against Euro 2016, which kicks off on June 10, according to the BBC. <br /> <br />The French investigation into Moutaux has so far been handled by a unit that looks into organised crime rather than anti-terror specialists, which suggests French police initially suspected Moutaux of arms trafficking rather than terrorism, according to the BBC.
