The attack, according to preliminary information, was planned for the New Year.
The day before, the German newspaper Bild reported that the FBI had warned the German security forces about the threat of preparing a terrorist attack using a homemade chemical bomb. According to the newspaper, the FBI provided information to their German counterparts that the 32-year-old native of Iran was interested in cyanide and ricin, which are considered chemical weapons.
He made all these requests on the Internet. And he was planning to commit an attack right on New Year's Eve. Fortunately, the special services had time to react - in special suits they detained the man and his brother at the place of their residence. From the apartment was withdrawn a certain substance in blue containers. It would have to be studied by specialists. Later the German General Prosecutor's Office reported that no poisonous substances were found.