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Police in the western state of Hesse searched the apartment of
the suspect last Wednesday and seized computers, arms and
ammunition, the State Office of Criminal Investigation and the
public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt said in a statement.
The suspect had repeatedly published posts online in which he
threatened to kill people for political reasons, it said.
Several months of investigation had revealed the suspect's
"consolidated violent, anti-Semitic and right-wing extremist
attitude" according to the Hesse state authorities.
Germany has stepped up vigilance for any indication of
antisemitic violence in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel
by militants from Gaza's ruling Islamist group Hamas.
Since the deadly incursion, followed by Israel's devastating
siege and invasion of Gaza, Germany has witnessed a series of
protests in support of Gaza's Palestinians, at some of which
antisemitic slogans were heard, as well as Israel.
Germany is home to some of Europe's largest Jewish and
Palestinian communities and its political leaders have
underscored that the Nazi Holocaust means Germans have a
particular responsibility to protect Jewish lives.
(Writing by Ferenc Gaal; editing by Matthias Williams and Mark
Heinrich)
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