Islamist arrested for spying on German intelligence agency
A 51-year-old Islamist with German citizenship who worked for Germany's Federal Intelligence Agency has been arrested for spying on the intelligence agency, media reports said.
Berlin, Nov 30: A 51-year-old Islamist with German citizenship who worked for Germany's Federal Intelligence Agency has been arrested for spying on the intelligence agency, media reports said.
"The Federal Intelligence Agency has succeeded in exposing a suspect Islamist among their employees", Xinhua news agency cited a local media report.
The man has made a partial confession. His goal was to infiltrate the Federal Intelligence Agency and gather information for a bomb attack on the main building in the German city of Cologne.
He had tried to pass on "sensitive information about the Federal Intelligence Agency, which could lead to a threat to the office".
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Internet
outage
leaves
many
disconnected
in
Germany
The
man,
a
bank
clerk
and
a
father,
was
hired
by
the
federal
constitution
as
a
lateral
entry
employee
in
April
2016
in
order
to
observe
the
Islamic
scene
in
Germany.
He was "inconspicuous" during the application process, training and in his working fields, according to the authority.
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