A person with suspected ties to the Islamic State terror group who was allegedly planning a firearms assault on the Israeli embassy in Berlin has been arrested.
Police and different safety forces detained the person on Saturday within the city of Bernau, simply outdoors the German capital, and carried out a search of his house there, the Federal Prosector’s Workplace mentioned in an announcement.
It mentioned the suspect is a Libyan nationwide whom officers recognized solely as Omar A.
“He intended to carry out a high-profile attack with firearms on the Israeli embassy in Berlin,” the assertion mentioned.
In his planning, the assertion added, “the accused exchanged information with a member of IS in a messenger chat”.
One other search was carried out within the house of an individual who is taken into account a witness and never a suspect, the prosecutor workplace’s assertion mentioned.
“Our security authorities struck in time to thwart possible plans to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin,” inside minister Nancy Faeser mentioned in an announcement.
“This shows that protecting Jewish and Israeli institutions in our country is vital and of the utmost importance to us.”
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A police automotive in Sankt Augustin. Pic: AP
The suspect was anticipated to seem earlier than an investigating decide on the Federal Courtroom of Justice in Karlsruhe, the nation’s highest courtroom, on Sunday, the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
“We are acting with the utmost vigilance and attention in view of the high threat posed by Islamist, antisemitic and anti-Israel violence,” Ms Faeser mentioned.
Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor thanked the German safety authorities “for ensuring the security of our embassy”.
