Ursula von der Leyen
© Gregor Fischer / AFPHaving to watch her back? German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
A German Army officer arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack had procured a firearm and registered himself as a Syrian refugee, prosecutors said. He may have attempted to put the blame for the possible assault on migrants, local media reported.

The arrest was accompanied by searches at 16 locations across Germany, Austria, and France, according to the prosecutor's office. The officer is stationed in France but was assigned to a military facility in Hammelburg for qualification courses, where he was arrested.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Nadia Niesen of the Hessen prosecutor's office said the suspect also had a potential accomplice - a 24-year-old student who might have been involved in the alleged plot.

"It is understood that the accomplice was aware of the [prime suspect's plan] to register as an asylum seeker," she added.

On Wednesday, investigators secured valuable evidence during searches, including "numerous mobile phones, laptops as well as documents." Niesen also noted that firearms and ammunition had been found at the 24-year-old student's place of residence.

According to the prosecutor's office, the 28-year-old was first detained by Austrian police when he attempted to conceal a 7.65mm pistol at a lavatory inside Vienna International Airport. The use of the weapon was part of his plot to commit "a serious act of violence" in the form of an attack, Niesen stated.


Comment: So he was arrested before, that time in Austria. Then he was let go before being arrested again recently in Germany. The plot thickens...


The 28-year-old officer in question came to a migrant facility in the city of Giessen and was registered as a Syrian refugee in late December 2015, according to Welt.


Comment: That's right at the height of the refugee/immigrant hysteria in Europe, just before the Cologne New Year's mass rape psy-ops.


In January of last year, the officer, whose name has been withheld, applied for asylum in Bavaria and was allocated a room at a local refugee facility, according to Niesen.


Comment: He was, presumably, still an active army officer at this time.


German authorities granted him asylum even though he was unable to speak Arabic. His German background somehow went unnoticed as well, she admitted.


Comment: Wow. One naturally wonders how many other German (or other Europe-based) military officers are going unnoticed among the refugees.


The official added that both men - the officer and the student - were in touch with each other, adding that analysis of phone and text message records revealed that they had a "xenophobic mindset." The official refused, however, to elaborate on the actual motives behind the potential attack plot, citing the ongoing investigation.


Comment: While the officer may have had a grudge against the 'invaders', that's a lot of effort to go through to 'get them'. Clearly, he was part of a long-term, premeditated, well-organized plot.


Last week, German police detained a suspect believed to be behind the bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team. The suspect, a man said to be a German-Russian citizen, reportedly plotted the bombing to speculate on the club's shares if their price plummeted after the attack.


Comment: One wonders now if that too wasn't the work of a Gladio-type deep state outfit.


To mislead investigators, the suspect had reportedly fabricated three identical letters saying the attack had been carried out "in the name of Allah." However, their wording and content made investigators suspicious.

The letters were "full of contradictions and inconsistencies," the federal prosecutor's office said, adding that "there is considerable doubt about radical Islamists [being involved in the attack]."