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DW
09-07-2025
- DW
Germany: Police detain man in anti-terror raids – DW – 07/09/2025
Police carried out raids across North Rhine-Westphalia state in connection with a suspected Islamist terror plot. A man has been detained on suspicion of fraud with the intention of financing an Islamist terror attack. Police in Germany detained a man and searched a number of properties on Wednesday, across the western state of North Rhine-Wesphalia in connection with plans to carry out an Islamist terror attack. Police said they swooped on six properties in the cities of Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Soest with the raids being conducted as part of a "comprehensive investigation into suspected organized commercial fraud." According to a joint statement from the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor's Office and Essen police, the investigation had turned up evidence that money gained through commercial fraud was intended to go toward financing an Islamist terrorist attack. Wednesday's raids aimed to hinder any further planning of the suspected attack and its execution, as well as clarifying the circumstances surrounding it, the statement said. The detainee, a 27-year-old man with Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizenship, was due to come before an investigating judge on Wednesday, officials said. The DPA news agency cited a senior prosecutor as saying it was believed the suspect resold expensive electronic devices that he had ordered but not paid for to generate funds. North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany's most-populous state, with a population of some 18 million people. North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister, Herbert Reul, said the raids prevented potential terrorist activity. "There are people out there who want to disregard and destroy our values and our way of life," Reul said. "Anyone who pursues terror plans here must expect the SEK [special forces] to be at their door in the morning," he said.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
German teen under investigation for links to Islamic State
Public prosecutors in the western German city of Cologne are investigating a 14-year-old on suspicion of terrorism, dpa learned from security services on Friday. The boy is alleged to have spread Islamic State propaganda and expressed his intention to carry out an attack on a Christmas market in Cologne this coming December. According to the reports, the authorities initially investigated the boy for spreading propaganda for the extremist militia organization. He is said to have shared two videos and a post with references to Islamic State on his TikTok profile. The authorities said he also distributed an image displaying an oath of allegiance to the head of Islamic State. During the investigation, the state criminal police came across further social media profiles belonging to the suspect, which also featured Islamist content. They later learned that the teenager was planning attacks and had considered leaving the country. The police have taken the boy into custody. "A young man not only glorified and spread IS propaganda on his social media channels, but also shared fantasies of attacks. It is outrageous that 14-year-olds are already like this," said interior minister for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul. "Social media is an accelerant for extremist," he added. "We also need to keep a closer eye on these channels. That also means holding platform providers more to account. I am glad that our security authorities intervened at an early stage," Reul said.
20-05-2025
German police arrest a suspect in the attack that injured 5 people outside a bar
BERLIN -- A suspect who allegedly attacked and injured five people outside a bar in the western German city of Bielefeld was arrested after a search of almost two days, German news agency dpa reported Tuesday. 'The detailed work paid off and we were able to arrest the surprised perpetrator,' the state interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul, told dpa after an arrest of a man late Monday evening in the western town of Heiligenhaus near Düsseldorf. According to police, the suspect is a 35-year-old Syrian living in Germany. Early Sunday, five men between 22 and 27 were attacked by a suspect wielding a sharp object outside a bar in downtown Bielefeld — four of them seriously. Reul said that 'after the shocking crime in Bielefeld' investigators had 'picked up and pursued every last lead on the perpetrator' with all the resources available. 'Now we need answers as to what motive led the perpetrator to commit the crime,' the minister added.
Toronto Star
20-05-2025
- Toronto Star
German police arrest a suspect in the attack that injured 5 people outside a bar
BERLIN (AP) — A suspect who allegedly attacked and injured five people outside a bar in the western German city of Bielefeld was arrested after a search of almost two days, German news agency dpa reported Tuesday. 'The detailed work paid off and we were able to arrest the surprised perpetrator,' the state interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul, told dpa after an arrest of a man late Monday evening in the western town of Heiligenhaus near Düsseldorf. According to police, the suspect is a 35-year-old Syrian living in Germany. Early Sunday, five men between 22 and 27 were attacked by a suspect wielding a sharp object outside a bar in downtown Bielefeld — four of them seriously. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Reul said that 'after the shocking crime in Bielefeld' investigators had 'picked up and pursued every last lead on the perpetrator' with all the resources available. 'Now we need answers as to what motive led the perpetrator to commit the crime,' the minister added.
Hamilton Spectator
20-05-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
German police arrest a suspect in the attack that injured 5 people outside a bar
BERLIN (AP) — A suspect who allegedly attacked and injured five people outside a bar in the western German city of Bielefeld was arrested after a search of almost two days, German news agency dpa reported Tuesday. 'The detailed work paid off and we were able to arrest the surprised perpetrator,' the state interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul, told dpa after an arrest of a man late Monday evening in the western town of Heiligenhaus near Düsseldorf. According to police, the suspect is a 35-year-old Syrian living in Germany. Early Sunday, five men between 22 and 27 were attacked by a suspect wielding a sharp object outside a bar in downtown Bielefeld — four of them seriously. Reul said that 'after the shocking crime in Bielefeld' investigators had 'picked up and pursued every last lead on the perpetrator' with all the resources available. 'Now we need answers as to what motive led the perpetrator to commit the crime,' the minister added.
