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Two Afghans with links to the terror group IS-K are on trial in Germany – suspected of plans to carry out a terrorist attack on the Swedish parliament and kill at least a dozen people.
The eldest of the defendants, a 30-year-old, has acknowledged the plans during the ongoing trial in Germany.
He said he was brainwashed by the Islamic State and was motivated by the Koran burnings in Sweden.
The goal was to kill "at least ten" people inside the parliament, but he never got hold of any weapons. However, he had time to do research on the Parliament House, according to Swedish Radio, which reports directly from the trial.
Both the 30-year-old and a fellow 23-year-old man were prepared to sacrifice their lives in the attack. The evidence against the men includes, among other things, conversations from the messaging app Telegram.
According to the investigation, the suspected Afghans have had contact with ISIS supporters based in Iran and a debated terror group called Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K). This group is active in Central Asia and is believed to have guided parts of the planning, writes the MDR.
In the evidence there are conversations in which one of the men was urged to shave off his beard to avoid arousing suspicions associated with the terrorist attack.
The Afghans were observed by German security services when trying to buy weapons in a black market near Czech Charlesbad. The incident, along with the discovery of chats and terror plots in their seized mobile phones, led to their arrest in March 2024.
The search warrant also revealed that the Afghans had raised money to support jailed ISIS members in Syria, money transferred via Iranian banks.
The eldest of the defendants, a 30-year-old, has acknowledged the plans during the ongoing trial in Germany.
He said he was brainwashed by the Islamic State and was motivated by the Koran burnings in Sweden.
The goal was to kill "at least ten" people inside the parliament, but he never got hold of any weapons. However, he had time to do research on the Parliament House, according to Swedish Radio, which reports directly from the trial.
Both the 30-year-old and a fellow 23-year-old man were prepared to sacrifice their lives in the attack. The evidence against the men includes, among other things, conversations from the messaging app Telegram.
According to the investigation, the suspected Afghans have had contact with ISIS supporters based in Iran and a debated terror group called Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K). This group is active in Central Asia and is believed to have guided parts of the planning, writes the MDR.
In the evidence there are conversations in which one of the men was urged to shave off his beard to avoid arousing suspicions associated with the terrorist attack.
The Afghans were observed by German security services when trying to buy weapons in a black market near Czech Charlesbad. The incident, along with the discovery of chats and terror plots in their seized mobile phones, led to their arrest in March 2024.
The search warrant also revealed that the Afghans had raised money to support jailed ISIS members in Syria, money transferred via Iranian banks.
