German authorities have released a Libyan national who had been detained since October over allegations of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin using firearms, Sky News Arabia reported.
The federal prosecutor’s office announced on Monday that suspicions against the individual could not be substantiated, leading to his release last weekend. A request has also been filed to revoke the arrest warrant.
The case, which triggered political discussions on attack prevention in October, had drawn comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
According to the German Press Agency (DPA), the suspect was a rejected asylum seeker arrested in Bernau, near Berlin. Investigators alleged he had been planning the attack through communications in a chatroom with a member of ISIS.
Searches were conducted at the suspect’s residence and another property in North Rhine-Westphalia, belonging to a person not under suspicion.
The tip-off reportedly came from foreign intelligence services. However, even at the time, the seriousness and feasibility of the suspect’s plans were unclear.
German authorities acted swiftly upon receiving the alert, as seen in other similar recent cases.
