German army officer who posed as Syrian refugee on trial for planning attack on politicians

A young man

A young man who served in the German army has gone on trial for planning to attack at least one politician while posing as a Syrian asylum seeker in order to whip up anger against migrants.

The man, identified as Franco A., went on trial on Thursday, having been arrested in 2017. An investigation revealed that he had applied for asylum in 2016 under his Syrian refugee alias David Benjamin and succeeded in tricking authorities who granted him temporary residence in Germany. 

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