State security investigators arrested a 17-year-old in Elmshorn (Schleswig-Holstein) who is said to have planned a terrorist attack.
According to BILD information, the German-Turk wanted to kill people with a truck at a Christmas market, as can be seen from intercepted conversations and communications read. According to BILD information, the investigators assume an Islamist background.
Senior public prosecutor Bernd Winterfeldt told BILD: “I can confirm that we are investigating on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence that endangers the state and of conspiring to commit a crime, namely murder. An arrest warrant has been issued for a 17-year-old suspect.”
He is now in the Schleswig prison.
“The security authorities did a good job and apparently prevented a possible attack,” said Schleswig-Holstein’s Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU) with relief. “I would like to thank all colleagues involved for this. We must always be vigilant.”
According to BILD information, the German-Turk wanted to kill people with a truck at a Christmas market, as can be seen from intercepted conversations and communications read. According to BILD information, the investigators assume an Islamist background.
Senior public prosecutor Bernd Winterfeldt told BILD: “I can confirm that we are investigating on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence that endangers the state and of conspiring to commit a crime, namely murder. An arrest warrant has been issued for a 17-year-old suspect.”
He is now in the Schleswig prison.
“The security authorities did a good job and apparently prevented a possible attack,” said Schleswig-Holstein’s Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU) with relief. “I would like to thank all colleagues involved for this. We must always be vigilant.”
