Tag: Germany

Germany arrest Syrian suspected of planning Islamist attack

Published April 28, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged arrest, Germany, Islamists, terrorism

BERLIN -- German authorities have arrested a Syrian man on suspicion of planning to carry out an explosives attack motivated by Islamic extremism, officials said Tuesday. Federal police said officers arrested the 28-year-old man early Tuesday in the northern city…[Continue Reading...]

Skeletons in the ClosetThe exposure of neo-Nazi elements in German law enforcement is a shock—but not a surprise, to those who have been paying attention

Published March 19, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Germany, hate groups, neo nazis

Last week, three members of the staff at Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service with suspected far-right connections were suspended, prompting an internal review by the agency. Just a few weeks earlier, 18 police officers in Germany were fired after participating in…[Continue Reading...]

Man arrested in Germany on suspicion of procuring cyanide and ricin for ‘Islamist-motivated’ attack

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged arrest, Germany, Islamist, terrorist

A man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of procuring the deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to be used in an "Islamist-motivated" attack, authorities have said. The 32-year-old, an Iranian citizen, was arrested in the city of Castrop-Rauxel, in…[Continue Reading...]

A Conspiracy in Germany Highlights Far-Right Trends

Published December 12, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theory, extremists, Germany, right-wing extremism

The German government arrested twenty-five people on 7 December in raids across eleven of Germany’s sixteen states. It was soon announced that a far-Right coup attempt had been thwarted. Untangling the evidence that has emerged in the days since, it…[Continue Reading...]

Radicalization for all: German coup plot shows power of online conspiracies

Published December 8, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged extremists, Germany, online radicalization, QAnon

A secret group of German ultranationalists being arrested after plotting to overthrow the government, murder the chancellor and install a monarch is a situation you might expect to find in a 19th or 20th century history textbook, not contemporary headlines.…[Continue Reading...]

Alleged QAnon takeover plot in Germany

Published December 8, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, far right leaders arrested, Germany, QAnon

Officials say extremists planned to storm the parliament and take over from the Deep State. Could they have been inspired by the US Jan.6 insurrection?[Continue Reading...]

Germany arrests 25 suspected far-right extremists for plotting to overthrow government

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal arrests, extremists, Germany

German officials arrested 22 suspected members and three suspected supporters of a far-right terrorist organization across the country on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. In a statement, the German federal prosecutor’s office said an estimated 50…[Continue Reading...]