An alleged Danish Hamas member has been arrested in connection with arms procurement for a Hamas plot to attack Jewish and Israeli sites in Europe, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced.
The Dane, Yousif C, is the eighth person who was arrested in connection with the Hamas network.
He was arrested near Copenhagen by Danish police, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office said on Thursday, after German prosecutors issued a warrant in connection with an allegation that the alleged Hamas member supposedly provided five pistols and ammunition to Abdel al-G. in July.
Abdel al-G, who was arrested on October 1, had allegedly given the firearms to Mohammed A, a British citizen who had been arrested in London in November.
Mohammed A. had reportedly met with Abdel al-G during the summer and was given weapons to transport and store in Austria. The Die Welt newspaper has claimed the British man is the son of Hamas official Bassem Naim.
Hamas's network in Europe unveiled
The Austrian Directorate of State Protection and Intelligence Service announced in November that it had uncovered a weapons cache of five handguns and 10 magazines in a rented Vienna storage unit.
These were found placed in a suitcase as part of an alleged Hamas plot to target Israeli or Jewish institutions, it said.
In March, Lebanese national Kamel M was arrested by border officials at the Larnaca Airport after German law enforcement conducted a search of his apartment.
The suspected Hamas member had allegedly sent 300 ammunition cartridges to Abdel al-G through Mohammad S, who had been arrested at Berlin Brandenburg Airport upon arrival from Beirut in January. Abdel al-G then ostensibly gave the munitions to Mohammad S.
In November, Lebanese-born Borhan El-K was arrested when entering Germany from Czechia, during his return trip to Denmark, where he resided.
Borhan El-K purportedly provided alleged Hamas operative Wael F. M with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle, eight Glock pistols, and 600 rounds of ammunition in August.
The Lebanese-born Wael F. M was arrested on October 1 alongside two other suspected Hamas operatives – German nationals Abed al-G and Ahmad I.