Planned terrorist attack on the Reichstag – indicted in Germany

Published 21 August 2024 at 16.20

Foreign. Germany's federal prosecutor's office has brought charges against two Afghan men who are suspected of having planned a terrorist attack against the Riksdag in Stockholm. This is reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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The two Afghans, who are believed to be linked to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), were arrested in March 2024 in Thuringia and have has since been detained.

According to the prosecutor's office, the suspects must have received instructions from an IS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISPK), during the summer of 2023.

The purpose of the planned attack, which would have been carried out at the Riksdag, is said to have been a reaction to Koran burnings taking place in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries at the time. The targets of the attack are said to have been police officers and civilians.

The suspects are said to have investigated the location's conditions via the internet and tried to obtain weapons several times, but without success. The prosecutor's office accuses the two men of membership in, and support for, a terrorist organization, as well as of having planned a serious crime and of violations of Germany's export laws.