German Police 'foil Islamist attack,' Salafist groups banned

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Police 'foil Islamist attack,’ Salafist groups banned

http://www.dw.de/police-foil-islamist-attack-salafist-groups-banned/a-16669765

 

Prosecutors in Germany say they believe police have foiled an attempted

attack by Islamists against far-right targets. Authorities had earlier

staged a series of separate raids, banning three Salafist groups.

 

Police made four arrests on Wednesday after making raids in the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).

 

Prosecutors in Dortmund said that a raid in Bonn, carried out by special

police force commandos, had uncovered a firearm and a kilogram of possible

explosives. Arrests also took place in Leverkusen and Essen.

 

Authorities said they believed "imminent" terrorist activities were in the

pipeline. A specific attack had reportedly been planned against the leader

of the far-right Pro-NRW political party, Markus Beisicht.

 

In addition, said the prosecutors, a ticked list of Pro-NRW party officials

and journalists was found.

 

Further raids in two states

 

The arrests came in the wake of raids across the states of NRW and Hesse,

with computer equipment, propaganda material, cell phones and more than

10,000 euros in cash seized.

DW.DE

Sitting down for coffee with Salafists

 

Germany's domestic security agency has warned of a self-radicalizing

Salafist scene, with the Rhineland considered one of its strongholds. DW's

Naomi Conrad takes a look inside the Salafist scene in the city of Bonn.

(16.01.2013)

 

There were no reports of a connection between the two police swoops.

 

Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, who described the Wednesday raids as

a "decisive blow against local Salafist networks," said the homes of some 20

individuals had been searched in the raids in Frankfurt, Solingen,

Düsseldorf and Gladbeck.

 

The minister announced a ban on three militant organizations that were

targeted in the raids after increased surveillance by intelligence services.

 

The three were "DawaFFM," "Islamische Audios," and "An-Nussrah," the latter

being part of a group "Millatu Ibrahim," which was banned when raids

(pictured above) took place in June.

 

Friedrich claimed the groups hoped to change society in an "aggressive

militant" way, replacing democracy with the rule of Sharia, or Islamic law.

 

German authorities have accused some Salafists, who favor a strict form of

Sunni Islam, of condoning violence against state institutions. Officials

believe there are about 4,500 Salafists in the country.

 

rc/dr (AP, dpa, epd)

 

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