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Numerous weapons were found during a raid
Photo: Police headquarters in Frankfurt am Main
The arrest of a 53-year-old man in Frankfurt am Main prevented an attack that had been announced, according to the police and the public prosecutor.
After the man had sent threatening letters in which he apparently threatened an attack on July 20, he was arrested last Thursday, a statement said.
During the search of his property, the investigators found numerous weapons.
The man has been in custody since Friday.
The authorities accuse him of preparing a serious act of violence that is dangerous to the state.
For a long time the man had regularly sent handwritten letters with "confused" and "incomprehensible content" to the Hessian authorities and courts.
In it he complained about alleged injustices.
"The terms used in the letters, their diction as well as their presentation indicated a mental confusion and a proximity to the so-called 'Reichsbürger- und Selbstverwalterszene'," it said.
However, it is unclear whether the 53-year-old actually belongs to the scene.
On Monday last week, the 53-year-old sent several letters with the same content to various authorities in which he is said to have announced an unspecified attack for July 20.
The investigators identified his whereabouts on a garden plot in the north of Frankfurt and arrested him.
On Friday, investigators found gas and air guns, a crossbow, daggers and swords in a raid on the property.
In addition, other items were seized that were suitable for the commission of an attack, according to the police and public prosecutor's office.
ptz / AFP