VIENNA, June 29 (Reuters) - Euro 2008 was the target of a credible terrorist threat, Swiss defence minister Samuel Schmid said in an interview published on the final day of the
tournament.
Schmid, also his country's sports minister, told
Switzerland's NZZ am Sonntag that security forces had acted on
information that 'certain preparations had been carried out for
an attack'.
The defence minister gave no precise details but said the
incident was not related to a previously reported case involving
vague threats made on a website.
'I am talking about new evidence that we obtained during the
tournament,' he said.
'The matter was taken up by the border authorities, police
and secret service and there was no concrete problem after
that.'
