Authorities believe handguns found in forest near Berlin were ⁠to be used ⁠to ​carry out assassinations for Russian intelligence, Sueddeutsche reports

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

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

The ⁠newspaper’s report, published jointly with the 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.