(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday said two suspected supporters of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) jihadist militia had been arrested in the central German state of Thuringia.
Prosecutors allege that the two Afghan nationals had hatched a plot to carry out an attack near the Swedish legislature in retaliation for Quran book burnings in the country.
“The two detainees had already made concrete preparations for a bloody attack,” German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said, adding that the case shows Germany is well equipped to combat terrorist threats. There are, he said, sufficient possibilities and means to take action against “the enemies of our freedom.”
