On Sunday, January 8, the German police reported the prevention of a terrorist attack with the use of poisonous substances that Iranian citizens were prepared.
Bild reported that the Federal Criminal Department received information about the preparation of a terrorist attack from a “friendly country.” The Israeli site Ynet said that the German special services received data from Mossad. According to this publication, Israel does not exclude that the goal of attackers could be Jewish or Israeli objects in Germany.
According to updated data, it was the Israeli foreign intelligence service that brought German colleagues to the suspect. Now the special services find out who and what exactly the terrorist attack was planned.
During the detention operation, special forces, equipped with chemical protection sets, broke into the apartment of a 32-year-old Iranian in the town of Castrop-Rauxel and grabbed it. His brother was arrested with him.
The police were afraid that for the attack a man bought cyanide and ricin in advance. Therefore, in addition to the vestments of special forces in impenetrable khim protection sets, the police cordoned off the suspect’s house and blocked him access for random passers -by.
Ricin’s poisoning substance is extremely toxic and falls under the definition of “chemical weapons”. Even with a slight entering his human body, death can occur within 36-72 hours. There is no antidote in the world against this substance. Cyanide also has a high level of toxicity and is able to kill a person.
“The accused is suspected of preparing a grave violent act of Islamic orientation, which poses a threat to the state,” the representative of the Federal Republicanese prosecutor’s office told reporters.