
German Authorities Arrest Libyan Man Suspected of Planning ISIS Attack on Israeli Embassy
A suspected supporter of the ISIS terrorist group was arrested before he could carry out an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Germany authorities said. The suspect, identified only as “Omar A.,” is a Libyan national accused of supporting ISIS’s ideology, the office of the Federal Prosecutor General, Germany’s equivalent of the Attorney General, said in a statement. He was detained on Oct. 19 in Bernau, a suburb of Berlin. To plan a “high-profile attack with firearms,” Omar A. had allegedly been exchanging information with an ISIS terrorist via messenger chat, according to the statement. Israel’s ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor condemned the alleged plot, warning that anti-Semitic rhetoric among some Muslim communities “leads to and encourages terrorist activities worldwide.”...
