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Castrop-Rauxel: Investigators also found no poison in the garage of an arrested Iranian

2023-01-09T14:01:28.218Z


Two Iranians are said to have planned an Islamist attack with toxins. During a search, officials discovered an initially suspicious package, according to SPIEGEL information. But there was no poison in it.


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One of the suspects was arrested in this house on Sunday night: investigators found a suspicious package when they searched two garages

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During their investigations into two Iranians suspected of being terrorists, the authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia came across a suspicious package this morning.

According to SPIEGEL information, police officers found the package when they searched a garage in Castrop-Rauxel.

A neighbor gave the clue to the garage, according to security circles.

In addition, the authorities received information about a possible booby trap in another garage that was allegedly used by the brothers.

The affected area was partially evacuated and cordoned off extensively, investigations are ongoing.

As SPIEGEL learned from security circles, no poison was found in the package.

Official circles: An ingredient for the production of the poison may have been missing

The two Sunni Iranians are suspected of having planned an attack using the toxins ricin and cyanide.

During a night-time anti-terrorist operation, the suspects were arrested on Sunday night.

The public prosecutor's office in Düsseldorf is investigating on suspicion of conspiring to commit murder.

Both men were taken into custody.

According to SPIEGEL information, the FBI is said to have given German authorities the first tip about those arrested as early as Christmas.

Apparently, the Americans had infiltrated the Telegram chat group, in which the two alleged perpetrators are said to have first asked about bomb construction plans and later about toxins.

There were therefore initial indications that the brothers probably wanted to strike on New Year's Eve.

However, they may have been missing an ingredient for the production of the poison, which could not have been delivered until after the turn of the year, according to official circles.

One of the two brothers is said to have made several appearances to the police and was currently undergoing psychiatric treatment.

According to SPIEGEL information, the main suspect is Monir J., a 32-year-old refugee.

From the Telegram chats it can be concluded that he is a suspected IS sympathizer.

A neighbor described him as a quiet, unassuming young man.

According to SPIEGEL information, J. traveled to Germany in 2015 and asked for asylum.

At his hearing, he is said to have posed as a Christian persecuted in Iran.

Apparently, the authorities believed his story: they have already twice granted him a three-year residence permit.

The current title is valid until the end of July.

J's younger brother convicted of attempted murder, among other things

Now it has also become known that the second arrested man, J. younger brother, had already been sentenced to seven years in prison in 2019 for attempted murder, among other things.

Even at the time of his arrest on Sunday night in the Ruhr area, he was not yet free: he was still being held in a rehabilitation center in Hagen, but was allowed to spend the night with family members due to a relaxation at the weekend.

This was announced by a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in Dortmund on Monday.

The "Westfalen-Blatt" had previously reported on it.

According to the public prosecutor's office, the 25-year-old threw a large branch from a bridge onto Autobahn 45 at night in July 2018.

He hit a car with it, the then 32-year-old driver was injured by glass splinters.

In fact he was drunk.

Before the crime, the man had been thrown from a bus because he had drunk alcohol while driving.

Because of his addiction, the court ordered in 2019 that he be placed in a rehabilitation center after a year and a half in prison.

According to the clinic, the man had made progress, the spokesman for the public prosecutor said on Monday.

However, the public prosecutor's office last requested at the end of November that the accommodation should continue.

Such accommodation must be reviewed every six months.

According to the public prosecutor, the man now had "overnight status" - a relaxation that allows him to stay with relatives at the weekend.

The man was arrested on Sunday night together with his 32-year-old brother in his apartment in Castrop-Rauxel.

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Source: spiegel

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