Thuringia, a state in central Germany, is home to two alleged supporters of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) jihadist militia, according to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Germany on Tuesday.The two Afghan nationals are accused by the prosecution of hatching a conspiracy to assault the Swedish legislature as payback for Quran book burnings that had occurred there.
According to reports, the two had intended “to kill police officers and other people in the vicinity of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm who are armed.”
It was claimed that the suspects had already started “concrete preparations” for the assault. They had done study locally, but their attempts to acquire weaponry had failed.Ibrahim M. G., one of the males, is reported to have joined the German-based IS Khorasan Province (ISPK) faction, which has its roots in Afghanistan and eastern Iran.The inquiry claims that he was hired by the ISPK to carry out an act in the summer of 2023 in retaliation for Koran burnings that had occurred in Sweden.
From that point on, he and the other arrested individual, Ramin N., are alleged to have planned an attack on the Swedish Parliament in the country’s capital, Stockholm.It is reported that the two raised approximately €2,000 ($2,170) in donations for ISPK in Germany.Both are scheduled to appear before the Federal Court of Justice’s investigative judge in Karlsruhe, a city in Southwest Germany. A decision about potential pretrial custody is anticipated.
