{"id":50342,"date":"2015-05-25T00:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50342"},"modified":"2015-09-19T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T04:03:35","slug":"isil-plot-to-kill-german-president-uncovered-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/25\/isil-plot-to-kill-german-president-uncovered-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIL plot to kill German President uncovered in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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German President Joachim Gauck (Tobias Kleinschmidt \/ Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MOSCOW — Swiss authorities are investigating an alleged plot by a radical Islamist affiliated with ISIL to kill German president Joachim Gauck, Berliner Morgenpost reports.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Osama M. has been accused by Swiss authorities of preparing a terrorist attack using explosives and poisonous gases, with the German president said to have been his main target.<\/p>\n

Osama M. is said to have been plotting an attack aimed at Bellevue Palace, the official residence of the president in Berlin. Moreover, the suspect had plans for attacks on a German military hospital, and on a building belonging to pharmaceutical giant Bayer. Investigators suspect that the man may have also been trying to organize a terror cell inside Switzerland.<\/p>\n

The suspect, arrested in March 2014 in Beringen, northern Switzerland, called himself a “well known and respected fighter” from the Islamic State terror group. He is believed to have had contacts in Syria, Austria, Germany and the UK.<\/p>\n

Stefan Schmidt, a spokesman for the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office, told Berliner Morgenpost that the German Attorney General’s office is being kept informed regarding the case.<\/p>\n

The suspect is presently being held in Bern on suspicion of terrorism, his detention recently prolonged by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court.<\/p>\n

Last October, Swiss officials followed Germany’s lead in banning ISIL and any activity that supports the terror group on its territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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