In Germany, a man arrested for planning an attack on the Israeli embassy
A Libyan suspected of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Germany was arrested on Saturday near Berlin, a spokesman for the German federal prosecutor’s office told Agence France-Presse. The suspect is suspected of “support a terrorist group abroad”according to the same source, which specified that it was the Islamic State.
In the afternoon, a major police operation took place with the participation of special forces in the city of Bernau, neighboring Berlin, where the suspect was detained, the tabloid reports. image. The individual’s home, located in this city, was searched, the prosecutor’s office said. According imageThe man is 28 years old and the German authorities were alerted thanks to information from foreign intelligence services.
The Israeli ambassador in Berlin, Ron Prosor, thanked the German authorities “to guarantee the security of our embassy”in a message on platform X.
Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, German authorities have increased their vigilance in the face of the Islamist threat and the resurgence of anti-Semitism, like many countries around the world. In early September, Munich police shot dead a young Austrian known for his ties to radical Islam as he prepared to carry out an attack on Israel’s consulate general.
