German prosecutors indict Syrian migrant over alleged bomb plot

  • 3/16/2018
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BERLIN: German prosecutors have indicted a 20-year-old Syrian migrant for plotting a bombing in which they say he hoped to kill at least 200 people. Federal prosecutors said Thursday the suspect, identified only as Yamen A. in line with German privacy rules, was charged with preparing a serious act of violence. They said he wanted to emulate attacks by the Daesh group, and decided by last summer to set off a bomb in a crowd. It was unclear where and when the attack was to take place. He was arrested in October. Authorities say he had procured chemicals used to make the explosive TATP and other bomb-making materials usually used to build a remote-controlled bomb. They have said they see no evidence he was part of a terror group. Muslims lament lack of solidarity over German mosque attacks Muslim groups in Germany are asking for greater solidarity from officials and the general public over a series of attacks against mosques. Several recent attacks on Turkish-backed mosques in Germany have been blamed on Kurdish groups angered by Turkey’s offensive in northern Syria. However, far-right extremists are suspected in many other attacks, including a threatening letter containing white powder that prompted the evacuation of the Central Council of Muslims’ offices Wednesday. Its chairman, Aiman Mazyek, told reporters in Berlin on Thursday that “if mosques in our country burn, then our country burns.” Zekeriya Altug, spokesman for the Coordination Council of Muslims in Germany, said “we miss clear sympathy from the public and politicians.” He urged the government to appoint a commissioner to tackle anti-Muslim sentiment like it has for anti-Semitism.

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