Law enforcement officers received information from an informant and subsequently discovered a cache of pistols in the forest.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) concluded that the cache had been set up on behalf of Russian intelligence services.<\/p>\n
The weapons were rendered inoperable, and surveillance was set up at the cache; however, it did not yield the desired results. The perpetrators may learn of the discovery.<\/p>\n
The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the case on suspicion of planning a serious violent crime that could pose a threat to the state.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, a suspect has already been detained in Romania.<\/p>\n
According to German security agencies, the weapons were intended for agents who were to carry out kinetic operations in Germany on behalf of Moscow, including assassinations.<\/p>\n
For a long time, BfV Director Sinan Selen has warned of the possibility of Russian attacks on specific individuals.<\/p>\n
According to him, Russian intelligence agencies planned to eliminate weapons manufacturers, Russian opposition figures living in exile, and supporters of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Germany is preparing for possible retaliation by Russia for the attack on a Ukrainian plane in Leipzig.<\/p>\n