Overview
- Police and prosecutors detained a 56-year-old Egyptian, a 37-year-old Syrian, and three Moroccans aged 22, 28, and 30 in southern Bavaria on Dec 12.
- Four suspects are under formal arrest warrants and one is in preventive custody, and all were presented to a magistrate on Dec 13.
- Investigators suspect an Islamist motive and believe the planned method was a vehicle attack intended to kill or injure people at a market.
- According to preliminary findings reported by Bild, the Egyptian allegedly called for an attack at a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau area, while the Moroccans agreed and the Syrian encouraged them.
- Officials have not disclosed which market was targeted, when the attack might have occurred, or where the arrests took place, and the Munich public prosecutor with specialist units continues to examine the case.