Murder attack on police officers: Islamist terror again in focus!

Murder attack on police officers: Islamist terror again in focus!

In a dramatic start of the process in Stuttgart, the focus is on Sulaiman A., who is accused of commissioning the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) to have committed a brutal attack. On May 31, 2024, the 26-year-old stabbed the Mannheim market square with a knife on participants in an Islam-critical rally and killed a 29-year-old police officer. The federal prosecutor assumes that the accused has sympathy for IS, although membership could not be proven. However, this leads to an intensive debate about dealing with Islamist endangers in Germany, as well as Kleine Zeitung

judicial steps and political reactions

In the course of the investigation, it found that Sulaiman A. had radicalized online. Chief Prosecutor Verena Bauer said that his actions were committed as "insidious" and "low motives". The case not only has legal consequences, but also stirs up considerable political tensions, since Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the migration policy exacerbates. A new law facilitates the designation of foreigners that are involved in Islamist hate crime, and there was deportation flights to Afghanistan. This procedure takes place against the background of other acts of violence that the country has shaken and the security situation is at the center of the Bundestag election campaign, as well as the Kleine Zeitung reported.

In Vienna, another process takes place at the same time in which a 19-year-old Iraqi who had connections to an IS network is on trial. Beran A. is accused of having prepared terrorist activities, including a planned attack on a concert by Taylor Swift. According to the investigation, the accused was strongly radicalized and was in contact with Beran A., who is already held responsible for an attack. Although no concrete stop plans could be detected for him, it is classified as an acute threat. This shows how far-reaching the ideologies of IS are common in Europe and how worrying the situation is, such as OE24 determined.