Two men charged with planning mosque attack to ‘stop Islamization of Poland’
Two men accused of planning to blow up a mosque to "prevent the Islamization of Poland" and to "exterminate" Muslims have been charged following a raid by the Internal Security Agency, the ABW.
ABW spokesman Stanisław Żaryn said that the attack was to be carried out on "a specific religious object of the Islamic community," believed to be a mosque.
During a search of premises belonging to the accused in Warsaw, investigators found explosives, four firearms, including a home-made submachine gun and ammunition.
One of the accused had created a manifesto in which he laid out his personal prejudices and his Islamophobia and called for the persecution of “newcomers from outside Poland.”
According to Żaryn, by writing a manifesto the accused appeared to be copying the method of operation used by Anders Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, and Brenton Tarrant, an Australian responsible for a massacre of Muslims in a New Zealand mosque.
ABW spokesman Stanisław Żaryn said that the attack was to be carried out on “a specific religious object of the Islamic community,” believed to be a mosque.
Żaryn added: “The accused also planned to use poisonous substances against certain people.
“Their aim was to prevent the Islamization of Poland. The accused expressed extreme right-wing views, and one of them said there was a need to exterminate certain religious groups, and called for violence and acts of crime. "
The men are said to have been planning an attack similar to that carried out by Brenton Tarrant (top), an Australian responsible for a massacre of Muslims in a New Zealand mosque, and Anders Breivik (bootom), the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks.
During a search of premises belonging to the accused in Warsaw, investigators found explosives, four firearms, including a home-made submachine gun and ammunition.
Both suspects have now been charged by the National Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin, north-western Poland.
