Overview
- Austria’s state security service discovered a suitcase with five handguns and 10 magazines in a rented Vienna storage room during an international investigation.
- Britain’s National Crime Agency arrested a 39-year-old man in central London and is holding him ahead of a court appearance at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
- Germany’s federal prosecutor identified the suspect as “Mohammed A.” and alleges he took the weapons from a man arrested in Germany before storing them in Vienna to prepare attacks.
- Authorities say Israeli or Jewish institutions in Europe were likely intended targets, and extradition proceedings to Germany are anticipated.
- Hamas has denied involvement, and Austrian officials are advancing a revised national antisemitism strategy following a report of 726 incidents in the first half of 2025.