It has now been revealed that a suspected Hamas operative, who was arrested for helping plan a terrorist attack in Germany, was actually on the payroll of the powerful Office of the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the country’s powerful domestic spy agency.
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician, Rene Springer, is now directing sharp criticism toward the German government following reports that a suspected terrorist was on the state payroll.
“How does an informant working for the German state come to supply Hamas with weapons and ammunition?” Springer argued that the public “must ask the question of why the state leaders of the Federal Republic have turned our nation into such an experimental laboratory, where terrorists can come and go freely—and why the Federal Republic’s domestic intelligence service even employs terrorists as agents.”
Wie kommt ein V-Mann, der für den deutschen Staat arbeitet, dazu, der Hamas Waffenmunition zu liefern?
Man muss die Frage stellen, warum die Staatslenker der Bundesrepublik aus unserer Nation so ein Versuchslabor gemacht haben, in dem Terroristen frei ein- und ausgehen können –… pic.twitter.com/VSiFFtAWv6
— René Springer (@Rene_Springer) April 28, 2026According to Springer, the informant Mohammad S. was well-provisioned by the state, alleging he “is alleged to have received cell phones, laptops, fake passports, and certainly good pay for his services on behalf of the domestic intelligence agency.”
Consequently, Springer claimed that “the BfV is involved when a Hamas terrorist attack on German soil is being organized.”
He contrasted this with the agency’s treatment of his own party, noting that “the same domestic intelligence agency, however, labels the AfD as ‘extremist’ because we want to deport these individuals and keep them out of the country permanently.”
He further accused the service of providing “templates to exclude migration-critical opposition figures from social life—not to mention the disproportionate surveillance and defamation.”
The Hamas plot
This political fallout stems from a foiled plot in Berlin involving a group of Palestinians who investigators believe planned an assassination attempt on Jewish or Israeli institutions. The suspects referred to ammunition for their pistols as “dates” during intercepted phone calls, according to German newspaper Die Zeit.
While several suspects were arrested in October, it was later revealed that a central figure in the logistics was Mohammad S., a 37-year-old Lebanese man living in Berlin. He had been an informant for the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) since at least 2019, primarily due to his connections with Islamists in Lebanon and his history of transferring large sums of money to Syria.
The investigation detailed a series of events where Mohammad S. allegedly stepped in to provide 300 rounds of ammunition for €1,050 after a previous courier thought he would be arrested and, in a panic, threw 80 rounds of ammunition into the Spree River.
When the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) eventually searched his home, Mohammad S. was reportedly not intimidated, telling officers that he worked “as an informant for a German secret service.” He identified a brand-new iPhone, a laptop, and a Bulgarian passport in the name “Vladimir Georgiev” found in his apartment as items “related to his intelligence work.”
The shocking case shows that the BfV may have come very close to actually helping fund a terror attack on German soil.
The BfV has since confirmed to the Federal Prosecutor General that Mohammad S. was an active source until December 2025, but they insist he was never “at any time” controlled by the agency regarding the specific attack plan.
Despite the agency’s internal guidelines stating that informants “may not commit serious crimes,” Mohammad S. is now “strongly suspected” of having been a member of Hamas. He was arrested at a Berlin airport in January 2026 and currently remains in custody, facing charges of membership in a terrorist organization and trafficking in ammunition.
It must also be noted that it is not clear how much the BfV had to do with foiling the attack. Apparently, Mossad was actively surveilling these individuals on German soil and sent a warning to German authorities about the attack.
The AfD’s Springer concluded by mocking the BfV, which is known for actively surveilling AfD members and politicians. He noted that “as amateurishly as the BfV’s desk heroes may conduct themselves in their countless reports, the entanglement of this agency with genuinely dangerous, violence-prone groups is just as perilous,” ultimately asking, “How long can German democracy afford such an intelligence service?”
