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The 17-year-old, who was arrested at Hanover Central Station on Saturday, denied in a first hearing that he had planned an attack.
This was announced by the Düsseldorf public prosecutor responsible for the prosecution of terrorism on Tuesday. The young man’s cell phone and other storage media are currently being evaluated, a spokesman said. “Of course we also check who he was in contact with.” So far, however, there have been no further arrests. It has not yet been decided whether an arrest warrant will be applied for against the 17-year-old from Kerpen (North Rhine-Westphalia). He can remain in police custody until Friday for security reasons. He is being investigated on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence that is dangerous to the state.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, he is said to have “been instructed by others in the skills needed to commit an Islamist-motivated attack.” However, there is said to have been no concrete preparation for an act. On Tuesday, investigators said the youngster had been in contact with IS supporters via social media channels. He has been “on the radar” of the authorities since mid-2020 and has repeatedly been noticed as a “test case for Islamism.”
It is currently being examined to classify him as an Islamist threat. According to a report by the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger,” the youth is said to have been in contact with a group of Islamists in Hanover. From this he was asked to carry out an attack in Cologne. The Attorney General’s Office did not comment on this report.
On Saturday, the state security in Cologne had assumed a possible dangerous situation in Hanover based on information from the private environment of the 17-year-old. At 5 p.m., investigators tracked down the suspect at the main train station in Hanover and arrested him. According to the “Kölner Stadtanzeiger,” he should have had a ticket to Cologne in his hand. Because he had just stayed in a toilet in an Intercity, officials stopped the train near Wunstorf and searched it with sniffer dogs for explosives. However, they did not find anything. The train, with around 100 passengers on board, was able to continue its journey after an hour.
The 17-year-old, who was arrested at Hanover Central Station on Saturday, denied in a first hearing that he had planned an attack.
This was announced by the Düsseldorf public prosecutor responsible for the prosecution of terrorism on Tuesday. The young man’s cell phone and other storage media are currently being evaluated, a spokesman said. “Of course we also check who he was in contact with.” So far, however, there have been no further arrests. It has not yet been decided whether an arrest warrant will be applied for against the 17-year-old from Kerpen (North Rhine-Westphalia). He can remain in police custody until Friday for security reasons. He is being investigated on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence that is dangerous to the state.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, he is said to have “been instructed by others in the skills needed to commit an Islamist-motivated attack.” However, there is said to have been no concrete preparation for an act. On Tuesday, investigators said the youngster had been in contact with IS supporters via social media channels. He has been “on the radar” of the authorities since mid-2020 and has repeatedly been noticed as a “test case for Islamism.”
It is currently being examined to classify him as an Islamist threat. According to a report by the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger,” the youth is said to have been in contact with a group of Islamists in Hanover. From this he was asked to carry out an attack in Cologne. The Attorney General’s Office did not comment on this report.
On Saturday, the state security in Cologne had assumed a possible dangerous situation in Hanover based on information from the private environment of the 17-year-old. At 5 p.m., investigators tracked down the suspect at the main train station in Hanover and arrested him. According to the “Kölner Stadtanzeiger,” he should have had a ticket to Cologne in his hand. Because he had just stayed in a toilet in an Intercity, officials stopped the train near Wunstorf and searched it with sniffer dogs for explosives. However, they did not find anything. The train, with around 100 passengers on board, was able to continue its journey after an hour.
