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German police arrest Islamist suspected of planning truck attack on pro-Israel rally
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGerman police have arrested a convicted Islamist on suspicion of planning an attack on a pro-Israel event.
The man was arrested by police in Essen, in northwest Germany, according to Der Spiegel, which reports that he had access to a truck and may have sought to use it in a ramming attack.
According to the report, the man had searched online for pro-Israel events, but it’s not yet known if he had chosen a target.
Essen police say in a statement that they arrested a man in neighboring Duisberg after raiding his apartment based on a tip.
According to Speigel, the tip came from a foreign intelligence service, and the man had long been a surveillance target due to previous warnings regarding him.
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