Germany: Duisburg police arrest terror suspect — reports German media reports said the man was planning an attack on a pro-Israel demonstration.

October 24, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) Police in the western German city of Duisburg on Tuesday arrested a man who was allegedly planning a terror attack, multiple German media outlets reported.

The man was supposedly planning to attack a pro-Israel demonstration with a truck to which he had access, the publications Bild and Spiegel reported.

What we know so far

The media reports said the suspect, Tarik S., had previously been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf in 2017 for membership of the terrorist organization “Islamic State.”

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