Overview

• An investigative judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants placing the three men in pretrial detention.
• Federal prosecutors accuse the suspects of acting for Hamas to procure weapons for potential attacks on Israeli or Jewish facilities in Germany, citing charges of terrorist membership and preparing state-endangering violence.
• Police moved in during a planned handover in Berlin, seizing an AK-47, several pistols and roughly 300 rounds of ammunition.
• Related searches were conducted in Leipzig and Oberhausen, and a connected individual is reported to be in custody in Denmark as investigators examine international links.
• Officials said a concrete threat was averted after extended surveillance, while Hamas issued a statement denying any connection to the suspects.