German Police Arrest Two Afghan Citizens For Planning Attack In Sweden

The German police arrested two Afghan citizens for plotting an attack on police and civilians near the Swedish Parliament.

According to the police, the two individuals were ordered by the ISIS Khorasan branch to carry out the attack in response to the burning of the Quran in Sweden and other countries.

The German Federal Police announced on Tuesday that the Federal Prosecutor's Office had arrested Ibrahim and Ramin, Afghan citizens, based on a court order in the city of Gera, Thuringia state.

The police further stated that Ibrahim has been strongly suspected of having membership and supporting ISIS, and Ramin has also been accused of supporting this terror group.

According to the German police, these two Afghan citizens have been supporters of ISIS's ideology since 2023, with Ibrahim joining the ISIS Khorasan branch in Germany in August.

The press release detailed that in the summer of 2023, ISIS tasked Ibrahim with executing an attack in Europe as a reaction to the Quran burning in Sweden. The German police said that Ibrahim, with Ramin's collaboration, intended to kill police officers and other individuals with firearms in the vicinity of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm.

The police revealed that the two Afghan citizens had made preparations for the attack in consultation with ISIS, examined the local conditions around the potential crime scene online, and made several unsuccessful attempts to purchase weapons.

The Federal Police of Germany mentioned that Ibrahim, with Ramin's cooperation, had previously collected approximately two thousand euros for ISIS and sent it to North Syria through an intermediary.

The suspects will soon be presented to the Federal Court.