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German soldier plots another false flag operation     

April 28, 2017 at 1:04 pm

A German soldier who led a “double life” pretending to be a Syrian refugee has been arrested on suspicion of planning a gun attack with racist motives, German prosecutors said yesterday. The 28-year-old suspect, who was not identified, is thought to have a “xenophobic background”. According to German newspaper Die Welt, he may have planned to pin the blame for an attack on foreigners.

The suspect was arrested in the southern German city of Hammelburg on Wednesday along with a second German man, a 24-year-old student and alleged co-conspirator in possession of flares and other objects that breach weapons and explosives laws. A joint investigation by security forces across Germany, France and Austria, with raids on 16 locations, revealed that the suspect had in December 2015 created a false identity as a Syrian refugee.

He led “a double life,” said a prosecution spokeswoman. She described the case as “unprecedented” and “extraordinary”.

The prosecution statement said that the man had registered himself at a refugee shelter in the central German state of Hesse and later submitted a request for political asylum in Bavaria. The request was accepted, even though the man speaks no Arabic. He was allotted a place in a refugee home and has since January this year received monthly payments under this false identity.

“These findings, and indications of a xenophobic background of the Bundeswehr [German armed forces] soldier,” explained the prosecutors, “suggest that the accused was planning a serious crime endangering state security with the weapon that was deposited earlier at Vienna airport.”

There is evidence that his co-conspirator shared anti-foreigner views, including text messages between the two suspects. Both men hail from Offenbach near Frankfurt.

Green Party lawmaker Irene Mihalic called for an investigation into whether, “in far-right circles, attacks are being planned specifically in order to blame them on refugees.”

The case is reminiscent of the plot behind an 11 April bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund FC team coach. The suspect is alleged to have staged the attack with the intention of blaming Muslims when, in fact, it was done for his own financial benefit as a shareholder of the football club.