RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Police arrested the last suspect wanted so far in a case of Brazilian sympathizers of the Islamic State who allegedly discussed attacking the Olympic Games next month in Rio de Janeiro.
The Federal Police said in a statement late Sunday the man was caught in the city of Comodoro, in the central west region of Brazil.
Authorities said he was taken to a federal prison but didn't reveal his name, citing security reasons. But family members confirmed the suspect was 32-year-old Leonid El Kadre de Melo, a mechanic from Mato Grosso state.
The anti-terror case was announced Thursday when 10 Brazilians were arrested in different Brazilian states, increasing worries about security ahead of the Aug. 5-21 Games. Another man turned himself in Friday.
Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said some of the men had pledged allegiance to IS without having any personal contact with members of the terrorist group abroad. The suspects didn't meet in person and communicated with each other via messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, he said.
The suspects are being held on two terrorism-related charges for at least 30 days.
Moraes said the group would have little chance to mount an attack, describing the men as "amateurs" and "ill-prepared." The closest the group got to planning an attack was an alleged attempt via email to buy an AK-47 assault rifle in a store in Paraguay, he said. But Moraes said police were justified in acting fast in light of "lone wolf" attacks in the U.S. and Europe.