Iranian arrests in Germany suspected of chemical terror attack

• Aged 32 man believed to have procured the toxins cyanide and ricin, said police.
• He is suspected of plotting an “Islamist-motivated attack,” police in Munster say.
• Another person is also being held in connection with the case.

German police had apprehended an Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terrorist act, authorities in the nation reported on Sunday.

Police in the western city of Munster said the 32-year-old man is believed to have procured unspecified amounts of the toxins cyanide and ricin in preparation for an “Islamist-motivated attack.”

According to police, the suspect was taken into custody following an investigation by the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office’s North Rhine-Westphalia Central Office for the Prosecution of Terrorism.

According to police, materials were found during a search of the suspect’s house in Castrop-Rauxel, and an investigation is still ongoing.

Police stated without offering any other information that another person is also being held in connection with the case.

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