Ricin attack plot trial starts for Tunisian-German couple
By DW
16 June 2019 |
2:25 pm
The accused couple, "Islamic State" followers, have been charged with preparing a terrorist attack with a poison 6,000 times more lethal than cyanide. They aimed to "kill and wound the largest possible number of people."
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