Swiss authorities are investigating an
alleged plot by a radical Islamist affiliated with ISIL to kill German
president Joachim Gauck, Berliner Morgenpost reports.
27-year-old
Osama M. has been accused by Swiss authorities of preparing a terrorist
attack using explosives and poisonous gases, with the German president
said to have been his main target.
Osama M. is said to have been plotting an attack aimed Bellevue Palace, the official residence of the president in Berlin. Moreover, the suspect had plans for attacks on a German military hospital, and on a building belonging to pharmaceutical giant Bayer. Investigators suspect that the man may have also been trying to organize a terror cell inside Switzerland.
The suspect, arrested in March 2014 in Beringen, northern Switzerland, called himself a "well known and respected fighter" from the Islamic State terror group. He is believed to have had contacts in Syria, Austria, Germany and the UK.
Stefan
Schmidt, a spokesman for the German Federal Prosecutor's Office, told
Berliner Morgenpost that the German Attorney General's office is being
kept informed regarding the case.
The suspect is presently being held in Bern on suspicion
of terrorism, his detention recently prolonged by the Swiss Federal
Criminal Court.
Last October, Swiss officials followed Germany's lead in banning ISIL and any activity that supports the terror group on its territory.
Osama M. is said to have been plotting an attack aimed Bellevue Palace, the official residence of the president in Berlin. Moreover, the suspect had plans for attacks on a German military hospital, and on a building belonging to pharmaceutical giant Bayer. Investigators suspect that the man may have also been trying to organize a terror cell inside Switzerland.
The suspect, arrested in March 2014 in Beringen, northern Switzerland, called himself a "well known and respected fighter" from the Islamic State terror group. He is believed to have had contacts in Syria, Austria, Germany and the UK.
Last October, Swiss officials followed Germany's lead in banning ISIL and any activity that supports the terror group on its territory.
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