Overview

• Federal prosecutors detained three suspects in Berlin on October 1 in an ongoing counterterrorism investigation.
• Investigators seized an AK-47 assault rifle, several pistols, and a large quantity of ammunition during the arrests.
• Authorities say the trio had been acquiring firearms and ammunition in Germany since at least summer 2025 on behalf of Hamas.
• Prosecutors identified two suspects as German citizens, Abed Al G. and Ahmad I., and a third as Wael F. M., born in Lebanon, with his nationality not yet established.
• The men are to be presented to an investigating judge on Thursday for a decision on the prosecution’s request for pretrial detention.