German Police Make Arrest Over Alleged Plot to Kill Politicians

Germany’s federal police arrested a suspected right-wing extremist for allegedly plotting to assassinate more than a dozen politicians and public figures.

The suspect was identified by authorities as 49-year-old Martin S., who has both German and Polish citizenship. He’s accused of financing terrorism, instructing others to commit serious acts of violence, endangering the state and the dangerous dissemination of personal data, according to a statement of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.