(Deutsche Welle) A Berlin court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old Islamist to five years and four months in prison for planning a serious terror attack involving explosives.
The man, identified only as Magomed-Ali C. under German privacy laws, is thought to have supported a group that was planning an attack on a shopping center. While the man was “not the driving force” behind the plot, he was in favor of it and … stored explosives in his apartment, said presiding judge Detley Schmidt.
The would-be terrorists wanted to “kill and injure as many people as possible,” Schmidt added.
The group eventually abandoned their plans for fear of being discovered. Another member of the group has since been arrested in France, and evidence provided by his interrogation played a key role in the Berlin trial.
