The German police have taken in the Rhine-Main region are a plurality of Salafists to have planned a terrorist attack. They were caught on Friday after anti-terror searches in Hesse and in Rhineland-Palatinate.
According to previous findings, they should have “agreed to commit an Islamist terrorist attack with the use of a vehicle and firearms and kill as many “infidels as possible,” a spokeswoman for the Frankfurt Prosecutor’s office said.
in Total, were arrested eleven people. One of them is obviously in a different context, because the investigations are directed against ten Accused persons between 20 and 42 years.
a Wide range of Material to ensure
the main suspects are two 31-year-old brothers from Wiesbaden and a 21-Year-old from Offenbach, each with German nationality, the spokeswoman said. For the preparation of the attack, the men already in contact with various arms dealers, a larger vehicle is rented and the money collected. For more information about how specifically, the attack plans were developed, there wasn’t.
Undercover investigations have led to track down the accused, it was said. You, on the financing of terrorism, and the Date would be placed to a crime. It is the suspicion of preparing a serious state was dangerous to the Offence, the public Prosecutor’s office. At the time of arrest, the accused had offered no resistance. The searches and arrests also special forces were involved.
In the course of the search, extensive Material has been ensured, including more than 20’000 euros in cash, several knives, smaller quantities of drugs, and a variety of written documents and electronic data carrier. (sda)
Created: 23.03.2019, 04:48 PM