Frank A.
Another Bundeswehr officer has come into the focus of investigators: Franco A. is in custody. The authorities had already noticed him before that.
An arrest warrant has been issued once morest Bundeswehr soldier Franco A., who is accused of terrorism. During an inspection on Friday evening in Offenbach, objects were found that might serve as evidence, the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court said on Monday. A. is said to have disguised himself as a Syrian refugee and planned an attack, which is why he has been on trial in Frankfurt since May.
In 2017, A. had already been in custody for seven months. Now there are more findings, said the court. The chairman of the state protection senate had identified a risk of blackout and flight and therefore issued an arrest warrant on Saturday evening as a matter of urgency. On Sunday morning, a special task force of the police arrested A., he was to be brought before the court on Monday, it said.
The indictment accuses Franco A., among other things, of preparing a serious act of violence that endangers the state “out of a nationalistic sentiment”. In addition, the right-wing extremist is said to have posed as a Syrian refugee in order to direct the suspicion of later investigations to asylum seekers in Germany. In addition, he is said to have taken ammunition and explosive devices from the stocks of the Bundeswehr and possessed guns illegally.
