Stuttgart investigators prevent bomb attack in Switzerland

Two urgent suspects were arrested when they went to buy explosives.

Baden-Württemberg investigators say they prevented a bomb attack in Switzerland. Special forces temporarily arrested two men on Monday when they wanted to buy the alleged explosives in Stuttgart. This was announced by the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart and the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office on Thursday.

The evidence so far indicated that the two Swiss citizens, aged 24 and 26, wanted to use the explosives “presumably in a planned crime in a major Swiss city”. So far, however, there is no evidence of a politically motivated background to the planned crime. No further details about the plan were initially given.

Both men have been under investigation since the beginning of the month. The authorities got on their trail through a tip and through investigations in the so-called Darknet, a hidden and anonymous part of the Internet. According to their own statements, they came across a user who wanted to buy explosives, among other things. Arrest warrants were issued for the men last Tuesday.