Heavily armed men from the special forces in Germany stormed an apartment building in Castrop-Rauxel around midnight on Saturday night.
They were wearing protective suits and arrived accordingly Image in fire trucks to camouflage the big action.
After a few minutes, two men were led away, wearing only boxer shorts and a makeshift jacket.
One of them is a 32-year-old Iranian citizen.
– We had a serious indication that caused the police to intervene that evening, says North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul (CDU) to DPA.
The man’s brother was also taken into custody. It has not yet been decided whether the police will also request that the brother be imprisoned.
BIG ACTION: The security police arrived in fire trucks to hide the fact that it was a police operation. Photo: Christoph Reichwein / DPA / AP / NTB
The main man, i.e. the 32-year-old, is suspected of having planned an Islamist attack with poisons, writes World.
– The accused is suspected of having prepared a serious act of violence that is dangerous for the state by acquiring cyanide and ricin to carry out an Islamist attack, says the public prosecutor in Düsseldorf in a press release.
He allegedly belongs to an extreme Sunni Muslim group. According to DPA, there is nothing to suggest that the 32-year-old’s plans were made on behalf of the regime in Iran.
The man had gone to acquire cyanide and ricin, states the public prosecutor in Düsseldorf.
Ricin is considered a biological weapon. Cyanide is also highly toxic. Even in minute amounts, this is fatal to humans.
Employees of the Robert Koch Institute were present during the operation to give the police quick access to expert consultants, due to the biological and chemical risks involved in the operation.
