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Possible Terror Attack With Toxic Agent Foiled in Cologne - German Intelligence
Possible Terror Attack With Toxic Agent Foiled in Cologne - German Intelligence
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German law enforcement authorities possibly thwarted a terror attack with the use of toxic substance in the city of Cologne, Hans-Georg... 15.06.2018, Sputnik International
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Possible Terror Attack With Toxic Agent Foiled in Cologne - German Intelligence
11:11 GMT 15.06.2018 (Updated: 20:46 GMT 19.10.2022) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German law enforcement authorities possibly thwarted a terror attack with the use of toxic substance in the city of Cologne, Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), a domestic intelligence agency, said on Friday.
"Based on the existing data, there is a high probability that a terror attack has been thwarted here [in Cologne]," Maassen told the Rheinische Post newspaper.
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According to the newspaper,
the police found a highly toxic substance ricin on Tuesday in a flat rented by 29-year-old Tunisian national. The man was detained on suspicion of producing a biological weapon and intention to commit a crime against the state, the newspaper added.
Maassen reportedly added that the intelligence service found out that the man could be involved in the production of a toxic agent, detected his name and address and referred the information to the police.
