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Reuters (21 August 2026)

German security authorities discovered handguns stashed in a forest near Berlin last ​year and believe the weapons were to ‌be used to carry out assassinations on behalf of Russian intelligence, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.

The ​Russian embassy did not immediately respond ​to a request for comment.

The newspaper's report, ⁠published jointly with broadcasters NDR and WDR ​on Friday, cited unspecified sources as saying that ​one suspect had been arrested in Romania and may have been responsible for setting up the weapons ​storage.

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