Overview
- Federal prosecutors say the 49-year-old dual German-Polish national, identified as Martin S., ran a Darknet platform that named politicians and public figures and issued self-written death sentences.
- The charges include terrorism financing, instructing a serious state-endangering violent act, and dangerous dissemination of personal data.
- Investigators report the site solicited cryptocurrency to fund bounties and published sensitive personal details alongside instructions for making explosive devices.
- BKA officers and specialist units, including GSG 9 and federal police, arrested the suspect in Dortmund following tips from the domestic intelligence service BfV.
- The suspect is to appear before a Federal Court of Justice judge in Karlsruhe today, with media reports saying the list topped 20 names and included former leaders such as Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel.