Authorities in Berlin said Wednesday that commandos have arrested a Russian national suspected of plotting an extremist attack in Germany along with an alleged accomplice detained last year in France.
Federal prosecutors said commandos of the elite police unit GSG 9 stormed the man's Berlin apartment, arresting the 31-year-old, identified only as Magomed-Ali C.
They said that, in Oct. 2016, he stored a "significant quantity" of the explosive TATP at his apartment for an attack in Germany — time and place unknown.
However, prosecutors said that the plans by C. and alleged accomplice Clement B. were disrupted by a "preventive police measure," and they decided to split up.
Clement B. left for France, and was arrested in Marseille in April 2017 over plans to carry out an attack in France. The French investigation produced evidence against Magomed-Ali C.
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