Libyan arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning Israeli embassy attack
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Prosecutors said the accused exchanged information with a member of ISIL in a messenger chat and was planning to use firearms in his assault.
A Libyan national with suspected ties to the ISIL (ISIS) group who was planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin has been arrested in Germany, the authorities said.
Police and other security forces arrested the man on Saturday evening in Bernau, a town just outside the capital, Berlin, and searched his home, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Sunday.
The prosecutor’s office identified the 28-year-old man only as Omar A in keeping with Germany’s strict privacy laws.
“He intended to carry out a high-profile attack with firearms on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin,” the statement said. “The accused exchanged information with a member of [ISIL] in a messenger chat.”
Security forces also searched the home of another person near the city of Bonn, who was considered a witness but not a suspect, the statement said.
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