German prosecutors investigate possible Islamic extremist motive for Munich car-ramming attack
1 month, 1 week ago

German prosecutors investigate possible Islamic extremist motive for Munich car-ramming attack

Associated Press  

MUNICH — The suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that injured 39 people appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there’s no evidence that he was involved with any radical network, authorities said Friday. He posted content with religious references — such as “Allah, protect us always” — on social media, where he described himself as a bodybuilder and fitness model, Tilmann said. The deputy head of Bavaria’s state criminal police office, Guido Limmer, said investigators found a chat, apparently with relatives, in which the suspect wrote “perhaps I won’t be there anymore tomorrow,” but so far they have found nothing that points to concrete preparations for the attack or anyone else being involved. Federal prosecutors, who deal with national security and terror cases in Germany, said later Friday they were taking over the investigation because of the “particular significance of the case.” The suspect is under investigation on 39 counts of attempted murder, as well as bodily harm and dangerous interference with road traffic.

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Suspected Islamic extremist charged in deadly German knife attack that left 3 dead and 10 wounded
1 month ago

Suspected Islamic extremist charged in deadly German knife attack that left 3 dead and 10 wounded

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s top prosecutor has charged a suspected Islamic extremist with murder, attempted murder and membership in a terrorist organization abroad in connection with a deadly knife attack last year at a festival in the western German city of Solingen. He allegedly viewed the festival-goers as infidels and representatives of Western society upon whom he would seek revenge for …

Munich car attack suspect: All we know about Afghan asylum-seeker Farhad Noori
1 month, 1 week ago

Munich car attack suspect: All we know about Afghan asylum-seeker Farhad Noori

The Independent  

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Munich car attack: German terror police probe Munich car attack that injured 30 people as Mini Cooper driven into crowd
1 month, 1 week ago

Munich car attack: German terror police probe Munich car attack that injured 30 people as Mini Cooper driven into crowd

The Independent  

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Suspect confesses to Munich car ramming that injured dozens in Germany
1 month, 1 week ago

Suspect confesses to Munich car ramming that injured dozens in Germany

Al Jazeera  

German authorities are treating the incident, which injured at least 36 people, as attempted murder. The suspect in a Munich car ramming that injured dozens of people has confessed to intentionally driving the vehicle into a crowd, German authorities say, but no evidence points to his involvement in a violent group or network. Tilmann said the motive remained unclear and …

Munich car ramming: What happened, who’s the suspect, what’s next?
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1 month, 1 week ago

Munich car ramming: What happened, who’s the suspect, what’s next?

Al Jazeera  

The Munich incident took place during an election campaign in which immigration and security have been prominent issues. The incident occurred hours before world leaders were set to arrive in the southern German city for the annual Munich Security Conference which is scheduled to open on Friday. The attack comes at a politically sensitive time, days before Germany’s federal elections, …

Munich car-ramming attack: Who is the Afghan suspect who drove car into crowd?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Munich car-ramming attack: Who is the Afghan suspect who drove car into crowd?

Firstpost  

After the Christmas market attack last year, Germany was stunned again as a 24-year-old Afghan suspect rammed a car into a union demonstration in central Munich. The suspected attack comes as the city gets ready to hold the three-day Munich Security Conference, starting tomorrow Police work at a car which drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025, …

Munich car-ramming attack: Who is the Afghan suspect who drove car into crowd?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Munich car-ramming attack: Who is the Afghan suspect who drove car into crowd?

Firstpost  

After the Christmas market attack last year, Germany was stunned again as a 24-year-old Afghan suspect rammed a car into a union demonstration in central Munich. The suspected attack comes as the city gets ready to hold the three-day Munich Security Conference, starting tomorrow Police work at a car which drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025, …

Afghan criminal who drove car into crowd in Munich should have been deported after asylum application was rejected
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Afghan criminal who drove car into crowd in Munich should have been deported after asylum application was rejected

Daily Mail  

An Afghan criminal whose asylum application was rejected drove a car into a crowd of demonstrators after reportedly posting a slew of Islamist rants online. Farhad was reportedly known by local police for drugs and theft and is believed to have accelerated his vehicle into the crowd of 1,000 strikers at around 30mph, according to Swiss publication Blick. Footage captured …

Munich car horror is 'a suspected attack', officials say as Afghan asylum seeker is arrested after dozens including children are seriously injured when vehicle crashes into crowd
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Munich car horror is 'a suspected attack', officials say as Afghan asylum seeker is arrested after dozens including children are seriously injured when vehicle crashes into crowd

Daily Mail  

At least 28 people have been left injured in Munich following a suspected attack which saw a man plough a Mini Cooper thorough a crowd of 1,000 strikers. Members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich on February 13, 2025 leaving several people injured Footage …

Germany: Car attack in Munich, 28 injured; police say suspect an Afghan asylum seeker
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Germany: Car attack in Munich, 28 injured; police say suspect an Afghan asylum seeker

Firstpost  

At least 28 people were injured when a car rammed into a crowd in the German city of Munich Police take pictures of a car which drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025, injuring several people. The police said that 28 people were injured in the incident that is now being treated as a suspected attack. DW …

Germany: Car attack in Munich, 28 injured; police say suspect an Afghan asylum seeker
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Germany: Car attack in Munich, 28 injured; police say suspect an Afghan asylum seeker

Firstpost  

At least 28 people were injured when a car rammed into a crowd in the German city of Munich Police take pictures of a car which drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025, injuring several people. The police said that 28 people were injured in the incident that is now being treated as a suspected attack. DW …

A driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring 30 people including children, authorities said. Migration turnaround now!” Center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government said it already has done a lot to reduce irregular migration, and that the opposition’s plans are incompatible with German and European Union law. Scholz described the latest …

German security, intel chiefs to be quizzed over Dec 20 Christmas market attack
2 months, 3 weeks ago

German security, intel chiefs to be quizzed over Dec 20 Christmas market attack

India Today  

German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago. They will be quizzed about possible missed clues and security failures before the December 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where police arrested the 50-year-old Saudi …

Germany arrests Syrian national over ‘plot to kill soldiers with two machetes’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany arrests Syrian national over ‘plot to kill soldiers with two machetes’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Unauthorised migration to European Union countries dropped significantly overall …

Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say

Associated Press  

BERLIN — An alleged Islamic extremist has been arrested in connection with plotting an attack on German soldiers during their lunch break in Munich, killing as many of them as possible and causing a feeling of insecurity among the larger population, authorities said Friday. The 27-year-old Syrian is a suspected supporter of radical Islamic ideology, according to the Munich public …

Man who threatened to kill officers at German police station believed to have extremist motive
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Man who threatened to kill officers at German police station believed to have extremist motive

The Independent  

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Moment German police drag terror suspect out of helicopter: Asylum seeking Syrian, 26, who handed himself in over festival attack that left three dead is named and hauled before court
7 months ago

Moment German police drag terror suspect out of helicopter: Asylum seeking Syrian, 26, who handed himself in over festival attack that left three dead is named and hauled before court

Daily Mail  

The suspect of the shocking terror attack in Germany that gripped the world on Friday night has been named and charged for the first time. He was seen today getting dragged to his arraignment at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, by federal police officers who took him to the southwestern courthouse via helicopter. The suspect was seen getting …

What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing?
7 months ago

What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing?

Hindustan Times  

By Michael Georgy What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing? DUBAI, - Islamic State has described the 26-year-old Syrian man taken into custody after a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen as a "soldier" of the group. Its then leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, killed in 2019 by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria, rose …

Suspect in Germany attack motivated by Islamic State ideology, prosecutors say
7 months ago

Suspect in Germany attack motivated by Islamic State ideology, prosecutors say

LA Times  

Flowers and candles are placed Sunday in Solingen, Germany, near the site of Friday’s deadly attack. A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A judge at the …

Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed 3
7 months ago

Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed 3

The Hindu  

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed three people and wounded eight others, according to its Amaq news site. The group said the attacker targeted Christians and is a “soldier of the Islamic State” who carried out the attack “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere”. “We will not allow …

German police arrest knife rampage suspect as Islamic State claims attack
7 months ago

German police arrest knife rampage suspect as Islamic State claims attack

The Hindu  

German police on Saturday arrested the suspect behind a knife rampage that left three people dead at a local festival in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. “We have just arrested the true suspect,” North Rhine-Westphalia region Interior Minister Herbert Reul said on public television late Saturday evening. In a statement on Telegram, IS’s Amaq propaganda arm said …

German authorities see Islamic extremist motive in Mannheim knife attack
9 months, 3 weeks ago

German authorities see Islamic extremist motive in Mannheim knife attack

The Independent  

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9 people are on trial in Germany over an alleged far-right coup plot
10 months, 3 weeks ago

9 people are on trial in Germany over an alleged far-right coup plot

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Nine people charged with terrorism in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government went on trial Monday in one of three linked cases. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on ZDF public television that the trial “shows the strength of our rule of law that the largest terrorist network of Reich Citizens to date …

German prosecutors indict 27 people in connection with an alleged far-right coup plot
1 year, 3 months ago

German prosecutors indict 27 people in connection with an alleged far-right coup plot

The Independent  

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German prosecutors: train attacker had extremist motive
3 years ago

German prosecutors: train attacker had extremist motive

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German prosecutors said Monday they now believe that the suspect in a knife attack on a train in November that left four people wounded had an Islamic extremist motive. Authorities said that the man attacked his victims apparently at random and showed signs of mental illness, but initially said there was no immediate indication of a terror motive. …

Germany charges 12 in far-right ‘terror’ plot
4 years, 4 months ago

Germany charges 12 in far-right ‘terror’ plot

Al Jazeera  

Eleven of the men, arrested in countrywide raids in February, stand accused of membership of a ‘terrorist organisation’. German federal prosecutors have charged 12 alleged far-right conspirators suspected of planning “terrorist attacks” on politicians, asylum seekers and Muslims, security service sources told AFP news agency on Thursday. The four prime suspects planned to spark “a civil-war-like situation … via as …

Germany lorry attack: Police investigate possible terrorist motive after eight injured in Limburg crash
5 years, 5 months ago

Germany lorry attack: Police investigate possible terrorist motive after eight injured in Limburg crash

The Independent  

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Right-wing extremist suspected of killing German official
5 years, 9 months ago

Right-wing extremist suspected of killing German official

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A German man with extreme right-wing views is the suspect police arrested over the weekend in the killing of a regional official who supported Chancellor Angela Merkel’s welcoming stance toward refugees, prosecutors said Monday. The 45-year-old suspect, identified only as Stephan E. in line with privacy laws, is accused of killing Walter Luebcke, 65, with a pistol shot …

Mass terror raids thwart 'planned Isis attack' in Germany as more than 50 mosques and buildings searched
8 years, 1 month ago

Mass terror raids thwart 'planned Isis attack' in Germany as more than 50 mosques and buildings searched

The Independent  

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Germany blast: Syrian man who blew himself up had Islamist connection, says Bavarian minister
8 years, 8 months ago

Germany blast: Syrian man who blew himself up had Islamist connection, says Bavarian minister

Firstpost  

Bavaria’s top security official said Monday that he believes a failed asylum seeker who blew himself up and injured 12 people in the southern German town of Ansbach was driven by religious extremism. Germany: Bavaria’s top security official said Monday that he believes a failed asylum seeker who blew himself up and injured 12 people in the southern German town …

18-year-old Munich attacker was ‘obsessed’ with mass killers
8 years, 8 months ago

18-year-old Munich attacker was ‘obsessed’ with mass killers

India TV News  

The teenager, who carried out the shooting spree in Munich killing nine people, was obsessed with mass killers like Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who committed the 2011 Norway attacks, and had no links to the Islamic State group, police said. "There is absolutely no link to the Islamic State," Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae said, with prosecutors describing …

Munich mall shooting: Why it may finally end Germany's openness and further destabilise Europe
8 years, 8 months ago

Munich mall shooting: Why it may finally end Germany's openness and further destabilise Europe

Firstpost  

Whether or not if Munich attack was an act of Islamist terrorism or an example of right-wing violence, fact remains that it will have a heavy bearing on Merkel and her ability to provide leadership through the crises. But a recent spate of terror strikes on European soil and the second successive one in Germany in a week — an …

Munich shooting: Police 'raid apartment where killer lived' after attack that killed nine people
8 years, 8 months ago

Munich shooting: Police 'raid apartment where killer lived' after attack that killed nine people

The Independent  

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More than 180 terror suspects under investigation in Germany after Isis plot to attack Düsseldorf
8 years, 9 months ago

More than 180 terror suspects under investigation in Germany after Isis plot to attack Düsseldorf

The Independent  

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Munich knife attack: Man who killed one and injured three in stabbing at Grafing station 'has no terrorist links'
8 years, 10 months ago

Munich knife attack: Man who killed one and injured three in stabbing at Grafing station 'has no terrorist links'

The Independent  

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