Germany: police arrest man over Israeli Embassy attack plot

Police have arrested a man suspected of links to the "Islamic State" group and planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy. Prosecutors say he had been planning to attack the diplomatic mission using firearms.

A Libyan man with alleged ties to the "Islamic State" IS militant group was set to appear before Germany's highest court on Sunday, charged with planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin.

The man was detained on Saturday in the town of Bernau in the state of Brandenburg, just outside the capital.

Prosecutors said he was planning to use firearms in the attack.

The suspect, named only as Omar A. in line with Germany's strict privacy laws, was detained in a raid by a heavily armed police unit in a Berlin suburb on Saturday.