Overview
- Four suspects received formal arrest warrants and a fifth was placed in preventive custody after appearances before a magistrate.
- Investigators suspect an Islamist motive and say the plan may have involved using a vehicle against a Christmas market in the Dingolfing area.
- Prosecutors identified the detainees as a 56-year-old Egyptian, a 37-year-old Syrian, and three Moroccans aged 22, 28 and 30.
- Preliminary findings allege the Egyptian suspect called for an attack at a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau district.
- Authorities say the timing and level of planning remain unclear, as Bavaria’s interior minister credited swift interagency cooperation with averting a potential attack.