A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Germany on suspicion of
planning a possible attack on the Christmas market. This is reported by The Associated
Press, reports UNN.
Details
It is noted that, according to the Düsseldorf prosecutor's office,
the teenager was detained on Tuesday during a search of his home. The court ruled to keep him in custody on suspicion of planning and preparing a terrorist attack.
Minister of the interior of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert
Royle said that the suspect wrote in the chat about the plans for the attack, and after
discussion of various scenarios participants " agreed on a specific plan of attack on
Christmas market".
It seemed very specific.
According to Reul, the boy was arrested after
German authorities have received information from abroad about possible attack plans. For,
according to him, the authorities quickly identified the suspect, who had not previously been there.
Known to local security agencies.
Germany's internal intelligence service said earlier on Wednesday that
the threatening situation in the country worsened after the Hamas attack in southern Israel
October 7.
The agency pointed out the risk of radicalization
single attackers who use simple means to attack "soft ones
goals, "adding that" the danger is real and higher than it has been for a long time.
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