Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot

BERLIN, 09 January 2023, (TON): Police and prosecutors said “an Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an “Islamist attack” using cyanide and ricin.”

Muenster police and the Duesseldorf prosecutors’ office said in a press release that officers searched a residence in the town of Castrop-Rauxel for “toxic substances” intended to carry out an attack.

The 32-year-old Iranian was “suspected of having prepared a serious act of violence threatening the security of the state by obtaining cyanide and ricin with a view to committing an Islamist attack,” said investigators.

The 32-year-old suspect will be presented in the coming days to an investigating judge ahead of possible pre-trial detention, police said.

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