BERLIN: German authorities on Thursday remanded into custody three alleged members of Hamas on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany. The suspects appeared before an investigating judge in the western city of Karlsruhe, where formal arrest warrants were issued, Ines Peterson, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutors&#39; office, said. They were set to be transferred to a detention facility ahead of trial, which is likely to take months as the investigation continues. Germany&rsquo;s federal prosecutor announced Wednesday that the suspects were arrested on suspicion of being involved in procuring firearms since earlier this summer. Various weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, and ammunition were found during a raid. Two of the suspects are German citizens. The federal prosecutor&rsquo;s office described the third as being born in Lebanon. They were only named as Abed Al G., Wael F. M., and Ahmad I., in line with German privacy rules. Hamas said in a statement Wednesday that it has no connection to the suspects, calling the allegations of a link to the group baseless and aimed at &ldquo;undermining the German people&rsquo;s sympathy with our Palestinian people and their legitimate struggle against the Zionist occupation.&rdquo; Hamas also said it has always confined its armed struggle to Israel and the Palestinian territories and would continue to do so. It has carried out hundreds of attacks against Israeli civilians, but has rarely operated outside Israel and the Palestinian territories.

A German Armed Forces CH53 helicopter with a suspect on board

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Three men suspected of ties to Hamas were remanded in Germany over an alleged plot to attack Jewish targets. Authorities found weapons during a raid, but Hamas denied links, calling the accusations politically motivated.

Germany detains 3 alleged Hamas members over suspected plot on Jewish institutions

DALLAS: A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing two detainees and wounding another before taking his own life, authorities said.The exact motivation of the attack was not immediately known. The FBI said at a morning news conference that ammunition found at the scene contained anti-ICE messaging.The head of the agency, Kash Patel, released a photo on social media that shows a bullet containing the words &ldquo;ANTI-ICE&rdquo; written in what appears to be marker.&ldquo;The shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot,&rdquo; the Department of Homeland Security said in a release.The detainee who survived was in critical condition at a hospital, DHS said.

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A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing two detainees and wounding another before taking his own life.

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Germany detains 3 alleged Hamas members over suspected plot on Jewish institutions

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