Islamist group allegedly planned attack on Cologne Cathedral in Germany: Tajik suspect taken into custody in Wesel
Kyiv • UNN
A 30-year-old Tajik man is arrested in the German city of Wesel, suspected of preparing an ISIS-related attack on Cologne Cathedral and possibly St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
A 30-year-old Tajik man suspected of planning a terrorist attack on a cathedral A 30-year-old Tajik suspected of planning a terrorist attack on a cathedral in Cologne. Security forces suspect that he may be involved in a terrorist terrorist cell of the Islamic State. Another target of the group, as Welt points out, is St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, UNN reports.
Details
A 30-year-old Tajik, 30, was arrested in connection with a terrorist threat in the city of Wesel on the He is suspected of spying on the Cologne Cathedral.
We know he was there
It is alleged that The 30-year-old man who was taken into custody was also in contact with a suspected ISIS terrorist cell that was arrested in July. This is the "Khorasan Province" (ISPK). Khorasan Province (ISPK), which is a regional branch of the Islamic State State, which competes with the Islamist Taliban in Afghanistan. The ISPK was founded in 2014. It is also indicated that another target of the group is St. St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
It is currently unknown how serious the evidence against the detained 30-year-old man is.
The suspect is currently in custody on the basis of the North Rhine-Westphalia police law as a preventive measure
Welt also writes that in the summer, security authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia arrested seven suspected terrorists. The men are said to have planned "high-profile attacks in the spirit of IS" attacks in Germany and were spying on possible targets. It is also reported that the group had already tried to obtain weapons.
Recall
Earlier, UNN reported earlier that several people suspected of preparing in the preparation of terrorist attacks in the cathedrals of Cologne, Vienna and Madrid, which are likely to be an Islamist terrorist cell is likely to be behind them.
