Red Wing police say an investigation into false shooting reports has resulted in an overseas arrest connected to an extremist group.

According to the Red Wing Police Department, officers and fire crews responded to two separate calls reporting multiple shooting victims at a home on the 1300 block of East Avenue on Oct. 14 and Oct. 16.

Both calls were quickly determined to be “swatting" incidents, which are "false reports intended to trigger a large-scale armed response," according to the department.

An investigation by Red Wing police later found that the incidents had ties to an “organized cybercrime network that targets children and teenagers through extortion and acts of violence.”

Evidence also suggested that those involved are connected to an extremist group recognized as a terror

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