Paris attacks: weapons smuggled from Germany
French gendarmes officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
(VOVworld) - Four assault rifles used in the deadly Paris attacks were allegedly purchased from a trafficker in Germany, the newspaper Bild reported on Friday. Quoting documents from the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office, the newspaper said two AK47s and two Zastava M70s were sold on November 7 by the arms dealer to an Arab customer in Paris. Bild said French investigators believe that the weapons were allegedly used in the attacks on Paris”. According to Bild, German police on November 16 arrested a 34-year-old man named Sascha W. from the southern city of Magstadt on suspicion of carrying out an illegal weapons trade. The newspaper added that four emails on his smartphone show that he sold “four Kalashnikov assault rifles to an Arab in Paris”.