The public prosecutor’s office in Munich has had a suspected Islamist arrested for planning an attack on German soldiers, the public prosecutor’s office has announced. The man had wanted to attack soldiers during a lunch break in the city centre of the Bavarian town of Hof and kill as many of them as possible, it was reported on Friday. A few days ago, the 27-year-old from Syria had bought two machetes about 40 centimetres long for this purpose, and the arrest warrant for the man was obtained and enforced on Friday. An investigating judge at Hof District Court had ordered the warrant to be executed on the charge of preparing a serious violent offence endangering the state.
Investigators are convinced that the accused wanted to cause a commotion with his attack and create a feeling of insecurity in the population.