Germany: The perpetrator of the attack in Munich was known to the Austrian authorities, but not to the German ones

The perpetrator of the attack on police officers in Munich was known to the Austrian authorities as a possible Islamist, who had banned him from carrying weapons. However, this information was not known to the German security authorities. 18-year-old Emra I., who was born in Austria and held a German passport, was of Bosnian origin and had previously lived in the Salzburg area. Last year, after a conflict at school, where he reportedly stood out as a particularly strict Muslim, he was charged with membership in a terrorist organization and spreading Islamic State propaganda. Authorities had then also searched his mobile phone, on which jihadi visual material was found, but the case was dropped in April 2023 and he was only banned from carrying weapons until 2028. According to the Austrian News Agency ARA, he had not been considered “ high risk threat’. During the search of his home by the State Agency for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism […]
Source: News Beast

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