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| Germany: Soldier who planned far-right attack to stand trial |
| 2019-11-20 |
| [DW] Franco A. posed as a Syrian refugee, allegedly to orchestrate a terror attack he hoped would be mistaken for Islamist extremism. He faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. Disgraced German army officer Franco A. is due to face trial on charges of preparing a far-right terror attack, a federal court front man said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old spent months in jail in 2017 but a lower state court in Frankfurt dropped the case against him. However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... federal prosecutors continued to pursue the case and now the higher court has agreed to hear it. WHAT ARE THE CHARGES? Franco A. was first arrested in April 2017 and was detained for six months while Sherlocks probed his alleged plan target center-left politicians like Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and prominent Green party politician Claudia Roth, as well as human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... activist Anetta Kahane. To that end, he impersonated a Syrian refugeeand had himself registered as such with the authorities, reportedly in the hope that his attack would be mistaken for Islamist extremism. Police reportedly found a G3 semi-automatic rifle, pistols, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition and 50 bombs procured by the suspect. He is also being charged with stealing military weapons. WHAT COULD THE OUTCOME BE? Franco A. faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. He remains a soldier in the Bundeswehr but is not allowed to wear his uniform. A friend of the defendant has already been found guilty of storing illegal weapons on the soldier's behalf and was sentenced to a year in prison. He has appealed the decision, stating that he believes he did nothing wrong. |
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