A 36-year-old was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for the arson of a school in Bochum that was actually intended as a synagogue target.
The German-Iranian was found guilty on Tuesday by the Düsseldorf High Court of conspiracy to commit aggravated arson and attempted arson. He is said to have accepted the orders of a former Hells Angels rocker wanted for murder who had fled to Iran.
According to the court, he only threw the incendiary device at the neighboring school because the synagogue seemed too well secured for him. Shortly before the crime, his client wrote to the suspect from Iran: “Brother, if you don’t want that, please let me know so that I won’t be ashamed of this.”
An acquaintance notified the police
The attack was solved because an acquaintance, who wanted to recruit the 36-year-old as an accomplice, went to the police instead. In addition, cell phone records and intercepted phone calls revealed the plans.
The defendant admitted to throwing the Molotov cocktail at the school, but denied that the attack actually targeted the synagogue.
Source: Krone
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