(Bangkok Post-Thailand) Investigations into two suspected foreign terrorists are progressing swiftly as one of the men admitted to a planned attack on Israeli tourists, according to an investigator. The men, arrested on suspicion of links to the militant Islamist group Hizbullah, have been identified as French-Lebanese national Daoud Farhat and Lebanese-Filipino national Youssef Ayad. Assistant national police chief Winai Thongsong said the men were arrested in Bangkok after Thai police received intelligence from Israel about a planned attack on Israeli tourists during Passover. A source said investigators believe at least nine suspected foreign terrorists connected to Hizbullah are in Thailand. Ayad admitted his group entered Thailand to carry out a bomb attack against Israeli tourists.
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