The German federal prosecutors say they’ve charged three Iraqi refugees with planning an Islamic extremist bombing. This was disclosed on Wednesday
Prosecutors said Shahin F. and Hersh F. are accused of preparing an act of violence and Sarkawt N. of aiding them.
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They were detained in Dithmarschen in the north-western state of Schleswig-Holstein at the end of January and have since been held in pretrial custody.
The two younger accused, whose ages were given at the time as 23, are charged with planning the attack in late 2018.
According to New York Times, they are said to have conducted tests with black powder taken from fireworks.
They intended to procure a firearm from the third accused, a friend of theirs, but the weapon offered turned out to be too expensive.
More recently, they considered using 10 kilograms of the high explosive TNT and a vehicle.
In preparation for the attack they took theory lessons at a driving school, according to prosecutors in Karlsruhe.
