Overview
- Austrian authorities say the DSN found a suitcase in a rented Vienna storage room holding five handguns and 10 magazines as part of an ongoing probe.
- A 39-year-old British citizen was detained in central London on Monday by the National Crime Agency’s National Extradition Unit and remains in custody.
- Germany’s federal prosecutor identified the suspect as Mohammed A. and linked him to a man arrested in Germany last month over suspected plots against Jewish sites.
- Prosecutors said Mohammed A. received five pistols and ammunition in Germany, transported the weapons to Austria, and stored them in Vienna to prepare attacks.
- Interior Minister Gerhard Karner praised DSN’s international cooperation and stated a policy of zero tolerance for terrorism as investigations continue.