(AP) Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a 30-year-old Tunisian and his 43-year-old German wife with preparing a severe act of violence over a plot to use the toxin ricin to carry out a biological attack in Germany.
Sief Allah H. and Yasmin H., whose full names were withheld in line with local privacy rules, were followers of the ideology of the Islamic State extremist group, prosecutors said in a statement. They bought thousands of castor beans and developed the toxin ricin to carry out an attack on a crowded public place in Germany. They also turned fireworks into explosives.
The husband also tried unsuccessfully to travel to Syria twice in 2017 to join the IS group as a fighter. His wife helped him by buying plane tickets, booking accommodation and sending him money, the statement said.
