After suspected spying on the airports in Stuttgart and Paris, the investigators gave the all-clear. Several apartment searches had revealed no evidence for the preparation of an Islamist terrorist attack, said the prosecutor Stuttgart, the Federal Police Directorate and the police Reutlingen.
On Friday morning, the apartments of a 28-year-old man in Baden-Württemberg and a 48-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia were searched. The people were after signs of possible spying on airports and a suspected Internet communication targeted the investigators.
Accordingly, two men without luggage were observed at Stuttgart Airport on December 12, 2018, who apparently had observed the control measures at Terminal 2. The police spoke of a reasonable suspicion that the airport should be spied out. A day later, a similar incident occurred at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, in which two men are also said to have noticed. A connection of the incidents could not be confirmed. (Here you can read more about it.)
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"According to the findings now available, the observation at Stuttgart Airport is not related to any possible planning of attacks or Islamist activities," the authorities said.
The men identified in the meantime had taken a women by name to the airport. They had been in the departure lounge for a long time and appeared suspicious because they had watched attentively as the woman passed through the security checkpoint. None of the men examined is a so-called danger.
The Federal Police will gradually reduce their increased use at Stuttgart Airport. "The suspicion and danger situation in connection with a possible spying on Stuttgart Airport is largely eliminated," said the Federal Police Headquarters in Potsdam.