The teenager arrested in Elmshorn in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein had actually planned an Islamist-motivated attack on a Christmas market.
“Ultimately, the Islamist-extremist attitude of the suspect led to sufficiently concrete attack plans,” the Public Prosecution Service in Flensburg announced on Tuesday. According to the information, the youth was arrested last Wednesday and subsequently taken into custody.
According to the prosecutor’s office, state security officials from the State Criminal Investigation Department in Schleswig-Holstein investigated the 17-year-old and discovered “significant radicalization.” Based on these findings, an arrest warrant was executed at the suspect’s residence on November 6. He was charged with preparing a serious crime endangering the state and conspiring to commit murder, they said.
I specifically wanted to kill people with trucks
Authorities say the suspect is a native-born German citizen. She did not provide further details about the suspect and the attack plans he would pursue. According to media reports, the young man allegedly planned an attack with a truck. According to Spiegel Online, foreign intelligence services reportedly tipped off German security authorities about him.
Source: Krone
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