Police with automatic weapons on the streets: Two Syrians arrested in Geneva, explosives found

Two Syrians were arrested in Geneva, Swiss police found traces of explosives in their car, AFP reports. It refused to comment on the connection of the new arrests with the search for four jihadists in Geneva, launched following information from an unnamed foreign intelligence agency, reports the Patria News Agency.

"Namely, Swiss officials said that the alert level in Geneva has been raised and that the search for suspects identified by the Swiss federal authorities in connection with the investigation of the attacks in Paris on November 13 has begun.

"Based on this information, the Geneva police have raised the alert level and deployed a larger number of police officers," the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.

The UN security service in Geneva said that the Swiss authorities are looking for "four men" believed to be in the area. UN security service members at checkpoints at the entrance to the UN complex in Geneva are armed with automatic weapons, which is not usual, writes Index.