According to multiple French news outlets, Varg Vikernes was arrested by the Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence (DCRI) earlier today at his farm in in Corrèze, France. Vikernes is suspected of planning a “massacre” and being “likely to prepare a large-scale act of terrorism,” say authorities.

The arrest came after his wife, a French national, legally purchased four rifles. Vikernes’ home was subsequently searched for additional weapons, as well as explosives; it has not yet been revealed whether or not any contraband was found on the premises.

The “origin of the investigation,” according to the DCRI, was the fact that Vikernes was one of 530 people to receive a manifesto from Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik is the right-wing extremist responsible for two attacks in Norway in July of 2011, which left seventy-seven people dead. He was sentenced to twenty-one years in prison for terrorism last August, but is said to have sent a copy of his manifesto to Vikernes. Vikernes had even discussed the manifesto on his website, although he did publicly criticize Breivik for killing innocent Norwegians:

“To Breivik I can only say I hope you do kill yourself. You have killed more Norwegians than the entire Muslim population in Norway has done the last 40 years, and you claim to be a Norwegian nationalist and patriot fighting (alongside your Jewish masters) against Islam, to protect us against their crimes!? I am sorry to say so, but you have made a big mistake. Islam has been imported to Europe by Jews, so that guys like you would run to the Jews and fight for them like you did when you murdered future mothers of Norwegian children. Death to you and to all other ‘European’ Zionists out there as well! You are the main problem for Europe, because guys like you allow the Jews to run Europe into the ditch. The Jews would not have been able to do anything to us if it hadn’t been for Christian losers like you!”

Still, he went on to tell readers that “it is about time we draw the line here,” that “[we need] to save Europe (as a biological term),” and, furthermore, that:

“…we are on the offensive. For the first time in many decades. The Jews are unveiled as weak and powerless, and they lose more and more of their support in Europe. Every day thousands of Europeans wake up and see the true white light, and they see the true face of the backstabbing, treacherous, money-lending, murderous, coward, paedophile [sic] slaver-Jew. The tide has turned, and yet again Europe is about to rid itself of the eternal Jew and his destructive influence, like we have done so many times before as well.”

This, as well as Vikernes’ past sympathies, were enough to set off alarms in the French Ministry of the Interior.

More news as we get it.