Brazilian extremist group uses Telegram to pledge allegiance to ISIS ahead of Olympics
By Max Bearak July 19 at 9:37 AM
Brazilian soldiers stand on patrol during a security rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro outside Maracana stadium on Sunday. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Hundreds of thousands of athletes and tourists are about to arrive in Rio de Janeiro from around the world for this year's Summer Olympics, whose opening ceremony is just more than two weeks away. Security is going to be extremely tight. The police and army are on high alert for copy-cat attacks after European cities have suffered one terrorist assault after the other.
A vast ocean separates Brazil from the violence that has engulfed Syria and Iraq, but networks of terrorists spread messages through encrypted channels these days. On Monday, an obscure Brazilian outfit called Ansar al-Khilafah pledged allegiance to the Islamic State on a Telegram channel, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
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