A 32-year-old Iranian citizen was arrested in western Germany on charges of preparing Islamic terrorist attacks also using lethal toxins such as cyanide and ricin, found in his home.
This was announced by the Duesseldorf police and prosecutor's office.
The search and arrest took place in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, in the western Land Rhineland of North-Westphalia.
According to Bild, the German authorities had been warned by foreign intelligence services about the threat of an "Islamic" terrorist attack with the use of a "chemical bomb".
