US EditionMan arrested on suspicion of calling for attacks on German politicians and publishing hit lists
Martin S., charged with terror financing, ran a darknet platform with hit lists targeting over 20 politicians, offering cryptocurrency rewards for killings, prosecutors said.
- Federal prosecutors arrested Martin S., a German-Polish dual citizen, in Dortmund on Monday on suspicion of calling for attacks on politicians and publishing explosive instructions.
- Since at least June, prosecutors say he used the darknet to call for attacks on politicians and figures in German public life and ran a platform publishing hit lists and bomb instructions.
- He sought cryptocurrency donations to reward attackers, and the anonymous platform contained sensitive personal data on potential victims, prosecutors said.
- Federal prosecutors, who handle major extremism and national security cases, led the arrest, and Alexander Dobrindt, Interior Minister, said the investigation into a right-wing extremist platform has been ongoing since June.
- Prosecutors will not identify people listed while the probe continues; the suspect declined to give further details and is suspected of terrorism financing and dangerous dissemination of personal data.
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On Tuesday, German security forces arrested a man accused of using the dark web, known as 'darknet', to make threats, urge attacks on German politicians and create a 'death list' against some of the country's top officials, including former chancellors Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel.The man, a German-Polish citizen, has been arrested in the city of Dortmund and accused of making donations via the Internet in the form of cryptocurrencies to financ…
He is said to have suspended bountys in cryptocurrency for the murder of Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel and to have researched detailed construction instructions for explosives - now click the handcuffs at a 49-year-old Reich citizen in Dortmund.
Bundesanwaltschaft - Man Arrested in Dortmund, Who Is Said to Have Called for Attacks on Politicians
The Federal Prosecutor's Office has arrested a suspected right-wing extremist from the "Reichsbürger-Scene" in Dortmund. The 49-year-old is said to have called for attacks on politicians, officials and persons of public life in the Darknet.
The suspect posted death sentences on the website.
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