Police raided the suspect's home following a tip-off from an agency of what German officials described as a 'friendly state'. One news source claims it was the FBI.
"The suspect is suspected of having prepared a serious act of violence endangering the state by allegedly procuring cyanide and ricin to commit an Islamist-motivated attack," a joint press release from the Dusseldorf public prosecutor's office and local police said.
Germany's Interior Minister Herbert Reul added:"We had a serious tip-off that prompted the police to intervene during the night.A second individual, confirmed to be the suspect's brother, was also detained as part of the searches.Police raided the suspect's home following a tip-off from an agency of what German officials described as a"friendly state".
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