Police in Kelheim, Germany, said on Friday they had arrested a man who
hoarded guns, ammunition and bomb-making material in a nuclear-proof
family bunker he built fearing an attack by Russia.
The 59-year-old electrician had constructed the emergency shelter by
expanding and reinforcing the basement of his family home in the small
town near Regensburg in Bavaria.
Police said they had confiscated two submachine guns, 80 rifles, 60
handguns, 20,000 rounds of ammunition and 40 kilograms of materials to
make explosives.
"He was afraid of the threat posed by a large eastern European power. He was afraid of Russia," a police spokesman said. ”We don't know when he started construction. He did it all by himself." The man had also stored food supplies and built underground air filtration and water treatment systems.
There is no evidence he is mentally ill or has extremist political views, police said, adding that the man was arrested on illegal weapons and explosives charges. Police said they took three days to enter and explore the extensive survival shelter and weapons arsenal, using power tools to crack through the walls.
"He was afraid of the threat posed by a large eastern European power. He was afraid of Russia," a police spokesman said. ”We don't know when he started construction. He did it all by himself." The man had also stored food supplies and built underground air filtration and water treatment systems.
There is no evidence he is mentally ill or has extremist political views, police said, adding that the man was arrested on illegal weapons and explosives charges. Police said they took three days to enter and explore the extensive survival shelter and weapons arsenal, using power tools to crack through the walls.
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