Politics Fourth suspected Hamas member arrested in Germany
Following three arrests in October, Germany's federal prosecutor has once again arrested a suspected member of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas.
12.11.2025, 16:28
12.11.2025, 17:12
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The man is alleged to have procured weapons that were presumably intended to be used for assassination attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany and Europe, according to the Federal Prosecutor's Office - Germany's highest prosecuting authority.
Officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Police arrested the man yesterday as he was entering Germany from the Czech Republic on highway 17. He is now to be taken to Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg) and brought before the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice, who will decide on his pre-trial detention.
The Danish police have also searched the premises of the arrested man and another suspect in Copenhagen and the surrounding area, it was reported.
Three arrests in October
The Office of the Attorney General accuses the accused, who was born in Lebanon, of membership of a foreign terrorist organization. In August 2025, he procured a fully automatic rifle, eight pistols and more than 600 rounds of ammunition in Germany. He then transported these to Berlin to another suspected Hamas member who was already in custody. The weapons and ammunition were seized when the suspected accomplice was arrested.
On October 1, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Berlin had already arrested three suspected members of Hamas. As so-called foreign operatives of the organization, they are said to have procured an assault rifle, pistols and ammunition, among other things, from Germany. "The weapons were to be used by Hamas for assassination attacks on Israeli or Jewish facilities in Germany," the authorities explained at the time. However, there was probably no concrete plan for the attack.
Weapons stash in Vienna
In connection with these arrests, a weapons cache was recently uncovered in Vienna. According to Austria's constitutional protection authority DSN, five handguns and ten magazines were confiscated. "The weapons cache is attributed to foreign operational structures of the terrorist organization Hamas," it said.
Another man was also arrested in London last week who, as a member of Hamas, is said to have transported weapons to Vienna and stored them there. According to the DSN, he is a 39-year-old British national. He is to be transferred to Germany.
