Overview
- Federal Criminal Police and Federal Police arrested Mahmoud Z. on a train entering Flensburg from Denmark on Thursday.
- Prosecutors say he received in August in Hesse a fully automatic rifle, eight pistols and more than 600 rounds, then transported the cache to Berlin.
- Investigators report the weapons were later found at the Berlin location of Wael F. M., who was detained in early October.
- Z. is accused of violating the War Weapons Control Act and the Weapons Law in an investigation centered on alleged support for Hamas.
- Authorities describe a network spanning Germany, the UK and Austria, with London detainee Mohammed A. awaiting extradition to Karlsruhe.