Germany: A 29-year-old German man has been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack

A 29-year-old German man was arrested last night in Karlsruhe on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack on a truck in the name of the "Islamic State".

Dasbar B. was arrested by special police forces and, according to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, was planning an attack on the model of the terrorist attack carried out by Tunisian Anis Amri a year ago at an open-air Christmas market in Berlin.

Authorities believe the suspect may have helped the Islamic State, of which he is believed to be a member, several times.

The arrest warrant states, among other things, that from April to July 2015, Dasbar B. made and distributed propaganda videos for the IK, while propagandizing in favor of the Islamist terrorist organization in several "chat rooms", where he explained how one could cover the its IP address and use messaging applications without being able to be detected.

In June 2015, Dasbar B. left Germany and went to Iraq, to ​​return in March 2016 and travel again to Iraq three months later. There he is believed to have become a member of the "Islamic State", trained in firearms and spied on behalf of the organization possible targets in the Iraqi city of Erbil.

He has been in Germany since July 2017 and, according to the results of the investigations so far, was studying, among other things, the possibility of a terrorist attack with a heavy vehicle against kiosks that had been set up for Christmas around an open ice rink in Schloss Square in Karlsruhe.

For this reason, since the end of August, he has been examining the locations in the surrounding area, while since September he has submitted applications for employment to postal and courier companies as a guide - without success.