[DW] Police are investigating six terror suspects who allegedly were planning an attack. The suspects, who were jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
and later released, are accused of being affiliated with the so-called 'Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
| So now everyone is on the same page, including the bad guys. But given that the choices are between watching until the terror attack occurs and pre-emptively striking to prevent a terror attack... really there’s no winning until attracting negative police attention for this kind of thing is enough to get someone sent back to wherever they came from |
German police conducted a series of raids throughout western Germany on Friday and Saturday as part of an anti-terrorism operation, prosecutors said on Saturday.
A total of 11 male suspects were arrested as part of the operation. All have since been released after no weapons or explosives were found.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- Raids were carried out on Friday and Saturday in 10 cities across the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia and one in Ulm in Baden-Wurttemberg.
- Eleven male suspects between the ages of 22 and 35, most of whom were Tajik nationals, were detained as part of the operation.
- At least six of the suspects are being investigated on suspicion of planning a "threatening act of violence against the state." Police suspect the six of being affiliated with the "Islamic State" (IS) murderous Moslem group.
- Police were looking for weapons and explosives. When none were found, the 11 suspects were released.
- Prosecutors said there is no indication yet of concrete targets or a concrete act of terrorism.
Suspected driving attack: Prosecutors said the raids were conducted after a 19-year-old Tajik man drove a car at excessive speeds through a pedestrian zone in Essen. The man, an Essen resident, was stopped and arrested. Police are investigating the vehicle, which authorities said was an Opel Astra compact car. Prosecutors added they have yet to find a connection between the incident in Essen and the raids.
The dpa news agency reported the suspects were taken into custody on Friday and Saturday in the towns of Essen, Duesseldorf, Wuppertal, Moenchengladbach, Duisburg and Ulm, citing a front man for prosecutors in Duesseldorf. |