Moldovan border police say they have detained two Moldovan citizens trying to illegally enter Romania and travel onto France. Police said they carried a book that "propagated Islamic ideology."
Police fired three warning shots Wednesday near the southwestern town of Cahul after the men, aged 19 and 26, tried to flee. Police said the men were carrying Islamic objects and a Russian-language version of the book "the Fortress of the Muslim."
Police did not identify the men but said one had been convicted of murder and had converted to Islam in prison.
