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Arrest warrants have been issued for three young men from North Rhine-Westphalia, two girls aged 15 and 16 and a 15-year-old boy.
Three minors suspected of preparing terrorist attacks for Islamist purposes in Germany have been arrested and remanded in pre-trial detention over the Easter weekend, a German judge announced Friday.
The arrest warrants are for three young men, two girls aged 15 and 16 and a 15-year-old boy from North Rhine-Westphalia (northwest). “Admitted to planning and carrying out an Islamist-inspired terror attack”According to a press release from the Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office.
“Due to the age of the suspects and the ongoing investigation”, the prosecution did not provide further details about what they are preparing. German daily Bild says youths plan to attack police officers and churches with knives and Molotov cocktails in the name of Islamic State (IS). “They thought about getting guns.”Adds the newspaper.
German authorities have been wary of the Islamist threat, especially since the conflict between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas began on October 7, 2023.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser insisted in an interview with the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung after the attack in Moscow at the end of March. “The danger emanating from Islamic terrorism is serious” In Germany.
As Germany prepares to host the Euro soccer tournament (June 14-July 14), officials are on high alert.
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