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Germany Arrests Suspect at Czech Border in Alleged Hamas Weapons Network

Federal prosecutors describe a Europe-wide logistics cell accused of gathering arms for attacks on Jewish or Israeli sites.

Overview

  • The man was detained on the A17 while entering from the Czech Republic by federal police and BKA officers on November 12, according to prosecutors.
  • An investigative judge in Karlsruhe issued an arrest warrant and ordered pretrial detention after the suspect was brought before the Federal Court of Justice.
  • Prosecutors allege he procured a fully automatic rifle, eight pistols and more than 600 rounds in Germany in August and moved them to an associate in Berlin where they were later seized.
  • Danish police searched locations in Copenhagen linked to the detainee and another suspect, while a man arrested in London is to be transferred to Germany and a related weapons cache was uncovered in Vienna.
  • The Federal Public Prosecutor charges membership in a foreign terrorist organization and asserts the seized weapons were intended for murder attacks on Israeli or Jewish facilities in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.