Authorities in Germany stated early Sunday that they’d taken into custody a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of procuring cyanide and ricin in an effort “to commit an Islamist-motivated assault.”
In a short assertion launched by police in Münster, Germany, authorities stated that investigators had searched the suspect’s house within the metropolis of Castrop-Rauxel for toxins and different proof.
“The accused is suspected of getting ready a critical act of violence that endangers the state,” the assertion stated, including that such a criminal offense is punishable with a jail sentence of between six months and 10 years.
Police didn’t provide any extra details about the suspect. They stated that they took one different particular person into custody in reference to the investigation, however offered no particulars about that particular person.
Prosecutors stated that the investigation was persevering with.
