German police have detained a suspect accused of running a darknet platform that called for prominent politicians to be murdered, according to prosecutors.

The suspect, a German-Polish dual citizen identified only as “Martin S.” in line with German privacy rules, was detained in the western city of Dortmund late on Monday, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Public broadcaster ARD reported that he had ties to the far-right Reich Citizens movement, citing security sources.

He is suspected of “terrorism” financing, providing instructions for committing serious acts of violence endangering the state and dangerous dissemination of personal data.

Prosecutors allege that Martin S. had been calling for attacks on politicians, officials and other figures in German public life o

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