Frenchman planned ‘series of 15 terrorist attacks’ for Euro 2016

He was detained as he tried to leave Ukraine and launch an assault on the Euro 2016 tournament.

A Frenchman with an arsenal of weapons and a grudge against his government's immigration policies was detained as he tried to leave Ukraine and launch an assault on the Euro 2016 football tournament, Ukrainian officials have said.

They described it as a thwarted plot for a "series of 15 terrorist attacks".