German authorities arrested soldier raided over plans to carry out terrorist attack

The German public broadcaster ARD reports that authorities in the northeast of the country have searched premises linked to a soldier suspected of planning an extremist attack.

ARD reported Monday the 40-year-old German, stationed at a barracks in the town of Neubrandenburg, has close ties to right-wing extremists.

German news agency dpa quoted Defense Ministry officials saying the suspect has been under investigation by the country’s military intelligence agency.

Security officials have warned that far-right extremists pose a growing threat in Germany.

Last year a regional politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party was shot dead on his porch by two suspected far-right extremists.

Source: Star Tribune