Twelve charged in Germany with plotting mosque attacks, murders
- They aimed through attacks on mosques and the killing and wounding of as many Muslims as possible to create civil war-like conditions,
- The suspects are all Germans and all but one of them has been detained. The twelfth is still at large.
BERLIN: German prosecutors have charged 12 men with plotting well-funded, armed attacks on mosques in which they planned to kill or injure as many Muslims as possible, authorities said on Friday.
"They aimed through attacks on mosques and the killing and wounding of as many Muslims as possible to create civil war-like conditions," prosecutors said in a statement.
Prosecutors said the suspects, 11 gang members and one accomplice, had met regularly to plan, with all but one of them pledging to contribute thousands towards a 50,000-euro ($59,000) pot to finance the purchase of weapons.
The suspects are all Germans and all but one of them has been detained. The twelfth is still at large, prosecutors in the southeastern city of Stuttgart said.
Another had died while in custody. No further details were immediately available regarding the circumstances of his death.
Germany has experienced a spate of right-wing attacks in recent years directed at minorities and those perceived to support them.
Far-right extremism is particularly sensitive in Germany because of its responsibility for the Nazis' World War Two genocide of six million European Jews.
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