Brazil arrested 10 people who pledged allegiance to ISIS, but the bigger threat to the Olympics may be more basic

Brazil arrested 10 people who pledged allegiance to ISIS, but the bigger threat to the Olympics may be more basic

On Thursday, 130 Brazilian police arrested 10 people who had pledged allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS and reportedly had ambitions of attacking the Olympic Games that begin in Rio de Janeiro on August 5. The arrests, less than two weeks after a deadly rampage in Nice, France, that ISIS claimed to have inspired, raised the threat of international terrorism marring the games. While the 10 suspects are being held on terrorism charges, Brazil's interim justice minister, Alexandre de Moraes, downplayed the threat that they posed.