Belgium charges two for attack plot on Iran opposition in France

AFP  |  Brussels 

has charged a husband and wife over a plot to bomb a weekend rally of an Iranian exiled opposition group in France, prosecutors said today.

Amir S and Nasimeh N, both Belgian nationals, "are suspected of having attempted to carry out a bomb attack" on Saturday in the suburb of Villepinte, during a conference organised by the People's Mujahedin of Iran, a statement from the Belgian said.

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First Published: Mon, July 02 2018. 20:20 IST