Germany charges 7 suspected Hamas members over attack plot
- On Friday, the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe charged seven suspected Hamas members with plotting a deadly attack on Israeli or Jewish targets in Germany or Austria.
- Prosecutors allege the suspects planned the attack for early October 2025 to mark the second anniversary of Hamas-led attacks on Israel, acting on orders from senior Hamas figures.
- Authorities seized a fully automatic rifle, 13 pistols, and more than 700 rounds of ammunition, with German domestic intelligence reporting the cell sought to "establish clandestine logistical networks in Germany for procuring weapons and planning attacks."
- All seven suspects remain in custody following arrests conducted in Germany and abroad over recent months, with investigators confirming they were actively pursuing a concrete attack plan.
- German security forces have repeatedly warned of heightened threats to Jewish communities since the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, with militant groups calling for violence against Jewish targets.
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The German Federal Prosecutors indicted seven men suspected of being Hamas and who would have prepared an attack on Israeli or Jewish targets in Germany or Austria. The Hamas article would have prepared an attack on Israeli or Jewish targets in Germany. Seven suspects were arrested first appeared on Romania TV.
One of the suspects is a Danish citizen
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According to German prosecutors, the group of defendants acquired, among other things, a fully automatic rifle and 13 pistols.
Germany charges seven suspected Hamas members over planned attack
German federal prosecutors have charged seven suspected Hamas members in Berlin with membership in a foreign terrorist organisation and preparing an attack, including by procuring weapons, they said on Friday.
An agent of the German Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV, German counter-intelligence) was involved in the transfer of weapons and ammunition to the Hamas cell, which prepared the attacks in Berlin and Vienna, as reported by the German tabloid Bild with reference to the prosecutor's indictment.
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