German police arrested an immigrant man accused of planning to attack the Israeli embassy as he tried to leave the country to train arms with the Islamic State.
The 18-year-old Russian immigrant from Chechnya was arrested Thursday at Berlin's Brandenburg airport and charged on Friday with “accusations of preparing serious violent acts of violence that put the nation at risk.” At least political motivations are estimated and Islamist motivations are being investigated, newspapers Diewelt situation According to the police source.
He is believed to have temporarily left Germany to link to the Islamic State of Somali and have air tickets to Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.
The man identified only as “Akhmad I” is said to be the third man in the Russian manipulation cell – in line with German privacy laws – that police wanted. The other two members have said they have already traveled to Somalia.
Police alleged that the man was planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin. Report building. According to the report, he was talking in an encrypted message about his initial plan to mail the bomb to the embassy and launch a knife attack on the building if it fails.
He reportedly tried to acquire explosives in Germany but failed, but plans for the attack had yet to reach the “specific” stage. It is claimed that they were clearly planning to go abroad with the Islamic State of Africa and to receive “arms training” to return to Germany.
Akhmad I. has not been previously criminally convicted. His Chechnya hometown is the Republic of the Russian Federation in the Caucasus, near the Caspian and Black Seas. It is mainly Islam in faith, and Chechnya terrorists have launched attacks in both Europe and Russia itself in recent decades.
The Israeli Embassy in Berlin has emerged as a focus for extremists. Last year, a Libyan immigrant was arrested in Berlin over another alleged terrorist. In early 2024, Bosnian operating immigrants fired fire at the Israeli consulate in Munich.
