2024-10-19 21:01:00
According to the newspaper’s information, the German authorities tracked down the man thanks to a precise tip from foreign secret services. The Libyan wanted to attack the Israeli embassy in Berlin. It is not yet clear whether with weapons or explosives, the newspaper writes. According to the newspaper, after the attack the suspect wanted to take refuge with his uncle in St. Augustin and then move abroad. According to the federal attorney general, the uncle is currently not considered a defendant, but rather a witness.
The arrested man is expected to be brought before the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe on Sunday. He will then have to decide whether the man should be taken into custody. The details on this were initially open.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office is responsible, among other things, for acts of Islamic terrorism. In his office’s annual report, Federal Attorney General Jens Rommel identified this as one of the main dangers for Germany. According to Rommel, of the more than 700 investigations launched last year in the field of terrorism and state security, almost 500 concerned Islamic terrorism.
After the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, there was also a sharp increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Germany. “The inhibition threshold for inciting and carrying out violence against Jews is lowering,” President of the Central Council of Jews Josef Schuster told the German Press Agency in early October.
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