Overview

• The Federal Public Prosecutor charged Akhmad E. with supporting a terrorist organization abroad, attempted membership, preparing a serious state-endangering violent act, and obtaining instructions for such an act.
• Prosecutors say he began planning an attack in early February, considering targets such as the Israeli embassy in Berlin, and searched online for bomb-making guides but failed to obtain required components.
• He was arrested on February 20 at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport by federal and state officers as he attempted to fly to Pakistan to join and train with the Islamic State.
• Investigators allege he translated IS propaganda into Russian and Chechen and sent a video pledging allegiance to an IS member abroad shortly before his planned departure.
• Authorities say he financed the trip by profiting from expensive smartphone contracts, and he remains in pretrial detention as the court reviews whether to admit the case.