US EditionGerman Police Arrest Suspected Hamas Member for Alleged Weapons Procurement
Suspects allegedly procured automatic rifles, pistols, and over 600 rounds of ammunition for attacks on Jewish institutions, part of a Europe-wide coordinated investigation, prosecutors said.
- Police in Germany have arrested a suspected Hamas member who allegedly obtained guns and ammunition to attack Jewish targets in Germany.
- The weapons were intended for use by Hamas in assassination attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, the federal prosecutor's office said.
- In February, four suspected Hamas members went on trial in Berlin accused of plotting attacks on Jewish sites in Europe.
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As early as October, there were arrests of four terrorist Hamas members, allegedly planning attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions in Germany.
On Thursday, on a train to Flensburg, the police arrested a man who was said to have been involved in the procurement of weapons for Hamas.
On Thursday, on a train to Flensburg, the police arrested a man who was said to have been involved in the procurement of weapons for Hamas.
German police detained a man on a train today on suspicion of involvement in the procurement of weapons for the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. According to the federal prosecutor's office, the case is linked to the arrests of several suspected Hamas members in recent weeks, the German news agency dpa reports.
Man detained on weapons charges linked to Hamas arrests in Germany
The arrest is one of several suspected Hamas members' in recent weeks, German officials said. The man is alleged to have transported weapons from one suspected Hamas member in the central German state of Hesse to another in Berlin
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