Overview

• An investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants after the men were detained in Berlin and transferred to Karlsruhe.
• The suspects—Abed Al G., 36, Wael F., 43, and Ahmad I., 44—face allegations of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and preparing a serious state‑endangering violent act.
• Officers seized an AK-47, eight Glock pistols, roughly 300 rounds of ammunition, mobile phones, data carriers and cash during the operation.
• Searches extended to Leipzig and an Oberhausen address linked to Mahmoud Z., who is jailed in Denmark on unrelated drug charges, where magazines and cartridges were secured for forensic analysis.
• Prosecutors allege the weapons were intended for attacks on Israeli or Jewish targets in Germany, no specific plot has been disclosed, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the threat concrete, and Hamas denies any connection.