German authorities arrest Libyan suspected of planning attack on Israeli embassy

German authorities arrest Libyan suspected of planning attack on Israeli embassy
Police officers escort the man in Karlsruhe (Rene Priebe/dpa/AP)

German authorities said on Sunday that they have arrested a Libyan national with suspected ties to the extremist so-called Islamic State group who was allegedly planning a firearms attack on the Israeli embassy.

Police and other security forces detained the man on Saturday in Bernau, a town just outside Berlin, and searched his home there, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.

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