Two Afghan nationals have been arrested in Germany in connection to an alleged Islamic terror plot against the Swedish Parliament. The arrests were made by officers of the Federal Criminal Police Office in the Gera area, following arrest warrants issued by an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice.
One of the defendants, identified as Ibrahim, is accused of being a member of the Islamic State (IS) and of supporting a terrorist organization abroad. The other defendant, Ramin, is accused of supporting the same terrorist organization. Prosecutors stated that both individuals have been supporters of the ideology of the foreign terrorist organization 'Islamic State (IS)' since at least 2023.
According to the arrest warrants, Ibrahim joined the regional branch 'Islamic State Khorasan Province' (ISPK) from Germany in August 2023. With Ramin's assistance, Ibrahim collected donations of around 2,000 euros for IS in Germany and sent them to the association through intermediaries, with the funds allegedly intended to benefit IS members imprisoned in northern Syria.
The arrest warrants allege that in the summer of 2023, the ISPK tasked Ibrahim with carrying out an attack in Europe in response to Koran burnings in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. The plan involved using firearms to kill police officers and others in the area of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm.
The prosecutor's office stated that the two suspects made concrete preparations for the attack in close consultation with ISPK officials. They researched the local conditions around the possible crime scene on the Internet and attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain weapons.
Both defendants are expected to appear before the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice to face charges of conspiring to commit the crime of murder and violating the Foreign Trade Act in conjunction with the relevant regulations of the European Union.
