The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has arrested three individuals on suspicion of participating in the terrorist organisation Hamas. The suspects are believed to have procured weapons and planned lethal attacks against institutions associated with Jewish and Israeli interests in Germany.

According to Der Spiegel, which first reported the story, the suspects are a 36-year-old German of Lebanese origin, a 43-year-old of Lebanese origin (nationality not specified) and a 44-year-old German of Syrian origin. Anti-terrorist authorities had been monitoring the three men in Berlin for some time, as well as the delivery of weapons that took place yesterday. During the arrests, officers recovered an AK-47 rifle, a Glock pistol and several hundred rounds of ammunition. Der Spiegel also reports that simultaneous searches were carried out at residences in Leipzig and Oberhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office, according to Spiegel, accuses the suspects of participating in a foreign terrorist organisation and of preparing serious violent acts that endanger the state. 

Source: AMNA

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*This article was translated and summarised from its Greek original.