Prosecutors Seek Suspended Sentences in 1995 Berlin Bomb Plot Case

Two defendants, who confessed to planning the thwarted attack, await a court verdict as legal debates over the statute of limitations continue.

Peter K. and Thomas W. confessed to planning a 1995 bomb attack on a Berlin detention center aimed at preventing Kurdish deportations.
The Federal Prosecutor's office has requested two-year prison sentences, suspended on probation, for both defendants.
The defendants, who lived abroad for decades, returned from Venezuela and were arrested at Berlin airport shortly before the trial.
The defense argues the charges are time-barred, while prosecutors maintain the conspiracy to commit an explosion remains prosecutable.
The court is set to deliver its verdict on Tuesday, potentially concluding the decades-old case of left-wing extremism.