Germany Sentences Two Men for Iran-Directed Plot to Assassinate Jewish Leaders
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
A German court sentenced two men for plotting to assassinate Jewish leaders under Iran's direction. A Danish citizen received eight and a half years for preparing deadly attacks, while an Afghan accomplice got four and a half years. The plot, described as "terrorist activity planned and managed by Iran," targeted prominent Jewish figures and involved surveillance of a Jewish-owned store. The men were arrested in Denmark and extradited to Germany.
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- A German court sentenced two men for plotting to assassinate Jewish leaders on Iran's behalf.
- A Danish citizen received an eight-and-a-half-year sentence for preparing deadly attacks.
- An Afghan accomplice was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
- The plot targeted figures including Volker Beck and Josef Schuster.
- The presiding judge called the plan "terrorist activity planned and managed by Iran."
- The defendants were arrested in Denmark and extradited to Germany.
A German court has sentenced two men to prison for planning to assassinate Jewish leaders and pro-Israel public figures, acting on instructions from Iran's Quds Force. The court in Hamburg sentenced a Danish citizen to eight and a half years in prison for preparing deadly attacks against public figures, including Volker Beck, president of the German-Israeli Friendship Society, and Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. His accomplice, an Afghan citizen, received a four-and-a-half-year sentence for his role in the plot.
According to the prosecution, the Danish defendant agreed to recruit another person to carry out the planned assassination of Beck and provide them with a weapon. The presiding judge described the plot as "terrorist activity planned and managed by Iran," noting that the Danish defendant was preparing to carry out a contract killing "for purely political motives."
The prosecution also stated that in early 2025, the Danish defendant began receiving orders from the Quds Force, the branch responsible for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' operations outside Iran's borders. In addition to preparations to harm the two prominent figures, the Danish citizen also surveilled a Jewish-owned grocery store in Berlin.
Both defendants were arrested in Denmark last year and subsequently extradited to Germany to face trial.
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