However, the authorities declined to comment on the Friday report by German mass-circulation newspaper “Bild”, which claimed that the Paris attackers used at least four rifles supplied by the alleged arms dealer, Sascha W., from southeast Germany.
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A spokesman for the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office confirmed the arrest of an arms dealer but told AFP he could not confirm or deny a connection with the Paris attacks. Police in Berlin late on Thursday evacuated housing in the south of the German capital after finding a “potentially dangerous” device in the vehicle of two guys arrested during an operation against suspected Islamist extremists.
According to Bild’s sources, French investigators believe that the weapons were then used by the Isis terrorists in the Paris attacks on November 13th which left 130 people dead.
According to “Bild”, the German man had sold two Chinese-made Kalashnikovs and two Zastava M70 machine guns to an “Arab in France”, on November 7.
‘Four emails on his smartphone proved the sale of four Kalashnikov assault rifles to an Arab in Paris!’
During a raid at the suspect’s house, police also found 16 other firearms, Bild said.
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Stuttgart prosecutors said Friday the man, whose name was not given in line with privacy laws, is accused of converting legal starter pistols to fire live ammunition and selling them on the Internet, the dpa news agency reported.
