2018 Cologne terrorist plot
The 2018 Cologne terrorist plot was foiled when police 13 June 2018 arrested Sief Allah H. in Cologne as he was manufacturing an explosive device which incorporated the highly toxic substance ricin.[1][2] He was arrested for having breached the war weapons control legislation (German: Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz).[1]
Suspect
Sief Allah H. migrated to Germany in 2016 from Tunisia and was unknown to the security police of Germany before his arrest.[3]
Aftermath
Political reactions
The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Reul (CDU) stated that the potential danger the suspect posed was "relatively high". Reul also praised the professionalism of the police in Cologne.[4]
References
- ^ a b Diehl, Jörg; Schmid, Fidelius (2018-06-13). "Terrorverdacht in Köln: Islamist soll an Biowaffe gearbeitet haben". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "Ricin threat: Cologne police search flats". BBC News. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ tagesschau.de. "Köln: Verdächtiger wollte offenbar Rizin herstellen". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ Striewski, Markus Schmitz/ Heinz Horst / Frank Gerhardt / Rainer (2018-06-14). "Haftbefehl gegen Tunesier: Rizin-haltige Substanz in Kölner Wohnung gefunden" (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-17.