Germany Five arrests over Christmas market attack plan
Five men have been arrested for suspected plans to attack a Christmas market in the Dingolfing area of Lower Bavaria. Arrest warrants were issued for four of them - one was taken into preventive custody, as confirmed by the Munich Public Prosecutor General's Office. It is currently assuming an Islamist motivation. The attack was to be carried out with a vehicle. As the Public Prosecutor General's Office emphasized, the presumption of innocence applies. Bild" had previously reported on the case.
13.12.2025, 22:34
13.12.2025, 22:49
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Arrests already on Friday
The arrests were made on Friday - the men were then brought before the magistrate on Saturday. According to the Public Prosecutor General's Office, they are a 56-year-old Egyptian, a 37-year-old Syrian and three Moroccans aged 22, 28 and 30. According to the current state of the investigation, the Egyptian is said to have called for an attack in a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau area.
It was initially unclear when the possible attack was planned and how concrete the plans were. According to the public prosecutor's office, the situation was still too fresh to make any statements on this. Their Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism had led the operation, in which the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution was also involved.
Herrmann: Attack in Bavaria prevented
The Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Joachim Herrmann, thanked everyone involved. "The case impressively demonstrates the good response and efficiency of our security authorities and shows We are able to protect our citizens! Thanks to the excellent cooperation of our security authorities, several suspects were arrested in a very short time and a potential Islamist-motivated attack in Bavaria was prevented." The background must now be clarified.
