Overview

• The Berlin court indictment names Mohammad A. as a juvenile supporter of a foreign terrorist organization and accuses him of preparing a serious act of violence
• Prosecutors allege that between mid-July and August 2024 he translated Arabic bomb-making instructions and provided an oath template to an Austrian suspect
• He is also said to have arranged online communication between the Austrian plotter and Islamic State members abroad to coordinate the planned vehicle bombing
• Mohammad A. remains free pending a court decision on whether to proceed to trial while the main Austrian suspect is held in pretrial detention in Vienna
• Austria’s government has approved expanded surveillance powers to monitor encrypted messaging after the plot led to the cancellation of three shows at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium