They had sharp weapons and wanted to kill an Islam critic: The German police dug up an Islamist cell and searched several apartments. The suspects come from Tajikistan.
Violent Islamists have not been an issue in Germany in recent months. The danger seemed to gradually decrease, but now investigators in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have smashed a suspected terrorist cell with contacts to the IS (Islamic State). On Wednesday morning, the police arrested four members of the group in Essen, Neuss, Siegen, and the Heinsberg district. The officers searched their homes and six other properties.
