Austrian police have arrested an asylum seeker from Morocco

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Police believe that the man was planning a serious attack in the period between Christmas and New Year in Salzburg.

Authorities searched the 25-year-old asylum seeker's accommodation but found no materials "clearly required for the execution of an attack".

However, it is believed that the suspect belongs to an unspecified terrorist organisation.