German police arrest Libyan suspected of planning attack on Israeli embassy

German constabulary person arrested a Libyan suspected of belonging to the Islamic State radical and of having planned an onslaught connected the Israeli embassy, national prosecutors told Agence France-Presse connected Saturday.

"There is immoderate proposition helium had planned an onslaught connected the Israeli embassy successful Berlin," said a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office, adding that the fishy was besides thought to beryllium affiliated with the Islamic State group.

Bild regular reported that constabulary commandoes had stormed a level successful Bernau, northbound of Berlin, successful the evening and arrested the 28-year-old man.

The paper said German authorities had acted connected a tip-off from a overseas quality agency.

Israel's ambassador to Berlin, Ron Prosor, thanked German authorities for "ensuring the information of our embassy" successful a connection connected the societal media level X.

Since the Hamas onslaught connected Israel connected October 7, 2023, which triggered the warfare successful the Gaza Strip, German authorities person accrued their vigilance against Islamist militant threats and the resurgence of anti-Semitism, similar successful galore countries astir the world.

In aboriginal September, Munich constabulary changeable dormant a young Austrian antheral known for his links to extremist Islamism aft helium opened occurrence astatine the Israeli consulate.