A possible reference to the IS: arrest after attacks on ICE

In the past few months have been perpetrated a number of attacks on ICE-trains. Drohschreiben pointed to a reference to the "Islamic state". Now the police in Vienna arrested a Suspect.

The police in Vienna have arrested a 42-year-old Iraqis under suspicion of terrorist activities. He could be for attacks on the ICE trains in Germany.

The man who lives in Vienna, the public Prosecutor's office in the Austrian capital, under the urgent suspicion to have in October and December 2018, terrorist attacks on railway lines. The Accused have confessed to the facts. A terrorist Background, he'll ride.

According to the Prosecutor General in Munich, and the Berlin police President, he should sympathize with the "Islamic state" (IS).

The Detained is suspected, on 7. October, on the ICE line between Nuremberg and Munich, a steel cable over the distance stretched. In addition, should on the tracks attached to wedges brought in to lead the train derailed.

ICE but was damaged only slightly and was able to continue the journey. No one was hurt. According to information from the land office of criminal investigation has been afterwards found a multi-page claim of responsibility, and a flag of the IS.

A similar attack, there were, according to the Berlin police, at 23. December at a track in Karlshorst. Here, too, investigators found writing in the scene of the crime near the Confessor, as well as a flag of the IS.