German prosecutors charge seven radical Islamist terror suspects
German prosecutors, on Wednesday, formally filed charges against seven suspected radical Islamists arrested in western Germany last July.
The men face charges of forming a terrorist organisation and plotting attacks in Germany.
Six of the seven suspects are also accused of supporting the extremist militia organisation Islamic State.
The men are all foreign citizens who entered Germany around the same time in 2022.
Five of the suspects are from Tajikistan, two others from Kyrgyzstan and one from Turkmenistan.
They were all arrested during raids in the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia in July 2023 and have been held in custody since.
They allegedly conspired with another man who is facing separate criminal charges in the Netherlands.
According to German prosecutors, the men scouted out possible targets for attacks in Germany and elsewhere in Western Europe.
They allegedly sought to gather money and weapons but did not make concrete plans for attacks.
The group was also allegedly in contact with members of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISPK) offshoot, according to the allegations.
(dpa/NAN)
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