Published 28 November 2024 at 19.35
Domestic. Two Afghans with connections to the terrorist group IS-K are on trial in Germany – suspected of plans to carry out a terrorist attack on Sweden's Riksdag and kill at least ten people.
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The oldest of the defendants, a 30-year-old, has admitted to the plans during the ongoing trial in Germany.
He says he was brainwashed by the Islamic State and was motivated by the Koran burnings in Sweden.
The goal was to kill “at least ten” people inside the Riksdag, but he never got hold of any weapons. However, he managed to do research on the Riksdag house, according to Sveriges Radio, which reports directly from the trial.
Both the 30-year-old and a co-accused 23-year-old man were prepared to sacrifice their lives in the attack. The evidence against the men includes, among other things, conversations from the messaging app Telegram.
According to the investigation, the suspected Afghans have had contact with IS supporters based in Iran and a controversial terrorist group called the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (IS-K). This group is active in Central Asia and is believed to have controlled parts of the planning, MDR writes.
In the evidence, there are conversations where one of the men was asked to shave his beard to avoid raising suspicions in connection with the terrorist act.
The Afghans were observed by German security services when they tried to buy weapons on a black market near the Czech city of Karlsbad. The incident, along with the discovery of chats and terror plans in their seized cell phones, led to their arrest in March 2024.
The search also revealed that the Afghans had collected money to support imprisoned IS members in Syria, money which was transferred through Iranian banks.