German prosecutors have charged a Russian national they suspect of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin and of trying to join the Islamic State terrorist organization, they said on Wednesday.

Prosecutors believe the accused, identified only as Akhmad E. in line with German privacy rules, obtained instructions from the Internet on how to make explosives, but the plan failed as he could not get the components he needed.

“From the beginning of February, he planned to carry out an attack in Germany, for example on the Israeli embassy in Berlin,” said federal prosecutors in a statement.

He has been........

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