Iranian spy suspect arrested in Denmark for gathering info on Berlin’s Jewish community

Federal prosecutors said in a statement that the Danish national, identified only as Ali S in line with German privacy rules, was arrested on Thursday in the city of Aarhus.

A man suspected of gathering information on Berlin Jewish community’s locations and individuals for Iranian intelligence, possibly to carry out attacks, has been arrested in Denmark, German prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement that the Danish national, identified only as Ali S in line with German privacy regulations, was arrested on Thursday in the city of Aarhus.

The man was tasked by an Iranian intelligence service early this year with gathering information on “Jewish localities and specific Jewish individuals” in Berlin, prosecutors said.

He spied on three properties in June, “presumably in preparation of further intelligence activities in Germany, possibly including terrorist attacks on Jewish targets,” prosecutors said.

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