German authorities believe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are behind a string of recent attacks on synagogues in Germany, according to a local report.
The Tagesschau news website, citing an investigation led by the attorney general of the North Rhine-Westphalia state, says investigators also believe the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster is in increased danger of being targeted by the Iranian cell accused of committing the other attacks.
The attacks included shots fired at a synagogue in Essen, the firebombing of a synagogue in Bochum and an attempted arson at a synagogue in Dortmund, all in mid-November.
The report names a German-Iranian suspect referred to as Ramin Y., saying he fled to Iran last year.
“We’re talking about state terrorism here,” it quotes an investigator as saying.
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