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Germany says it foiled terror ramming plot on ice skating rink
2017-12-22
[IsraelTimes] German national, 29, placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
; authorities say he is an Islamic State supporter who tried to get a delivery driver job in preparation for attack

German police said they arrested Wednesday a man planning to carry out a ramming attack in the name of the Islamic State group on the crowds outside a skating rink.

The 29-year-old suspect, a German national, was believed to have scouted the target in the southern German city of Karlsruhe in August and allegedly tried to get a delivery driver job in preparation.

"The accused, Dasbar W., is strongly suspected of having supported IS and being a member of IS," German anti-terror prosecutors said in a statement. He is "strongly suspected of plotting a violent action."

The prosecutors said that between April and July 2015 he disseminated IS propaganda videos online. That same year he left Germany for the first time to travel to Iraq, returning home in March 2016.

He made a second trip in June 2016 during which he pledged allegiance to IS and underwent weapons training before coming back to Germany in July 2017.
Not merely a supporter, then, but a full-fledged, out-of-uniform soldier, which makes him a spy.
His arrest came the day after the first anniversary of the Christmas market attack in Berlin that killed 12 people and maimed hundreds. Rejected asylum seeker Anis Amri, a Tunisian, ploughed a truck into the market on December 19, 2016 before being rubbed out while on the run days later in Italia.

In a recent interview, German domestic intelligence chief Hans-Georg Maassen said the country was not immune from a new attack, with some 1,900 individuals in Germany suspected of having ties with jihadists.
The Local - Germany adds:
Prior to the suspect’s arrest on Wednesday over alleged plans to carry out an Isis-style ramming attack on the crowds outside a skating rink in the southern German city, security authorities had kept a close eye on the man for some time.

He is a German national born in Freiburg.
A convert or the descendant of Turkish guest workers?
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  GIPO

According to the Badische Zeitung, the parents are Kurds from northern Iraq, and after working for many years in Germany, they returned there — perhaps after the 2003 invasion? — to live. I have to run, so I didn’t register to read the rest of the article.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-12-22 16:51  

#6  Jihad on ice. Soon to be an Olympic sport?

Along with Synchronized Chain Flogging
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-12-22 08:04  

#5  That was me (minus cookie)
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-12-22 06:56  

#4  German national for how long has he had a passport?

I bet he's a GIPO
German
In
Passport
Only
Posted by: Crater tse Tung4923   2017-12-22 05:42  

#3  an Islamic State supporter who tried to get a delivery driver job

Think of that next time you order a pizza.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-12-22 03:00  

#2  Didn't Tonya Harding already tried something like this? By using her ex-husband as a proxy?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-12-22 01:40  

#1  I think I saw this one. Did they use a Zamboni machine?
Posted by: gorb   2017-12-22 00:50  

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