A man (R) detained by the DIICOT anti-organized crime and terrorism unit is brought in to custody in Bucharest, Romania, December 1, 2015. REUTERS/Inquam Photos
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian prosecutors have detained a member of Hungarian ultra-nationalist group HVIM suspected of intending to detonate an explosive device in the Transylvanian town of Targu Secuiesc during Tuesday's national day celebrations.
More than 1 million ethnic Hungarians live in Romania, mostly in three counties in central Transylvania, a territory at the foot of the Carpathian mountains that was run by Budapest until 1918 but is now far from the Hungarian border.
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