German authorities arrested a 17-year-old young man in Elmshorn last week on suspicion of planning an attack with a truck on a Christmas market, we learned on Monday.
Has the worst been avoided? A 17-year-old German-Turkish young man was arrested on November 6 in Elmshorn by the authorities of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein, we learned this Monday in the German press.
According to information from Bild, even if the circumstances of the planned attack remain unclear, the suspect planned to commit “violent action” by killing people with a truck at a Christmas market, according to several conversations intercepted by the authorities. . The latter suspect in particular an Islamist origin.
US intelligence warning
Last spring, the American intelligence service warned the German Federal Criminal Police Office of a potential danger emanating from the suspect in question. Investigators from Schleswig-Holstein took over the case, followed by the Flensburg public prosecutor's office in March.
The public prosecutor of Flensburg, Bernd Winterfeldt, notably confirmed to Bild that the 17-year-old young man was the subject of an investigation for “suspicion of preparing a serious and dangerous act of violence for the state and of conspiracy to commit a criminal act.” An arrest warrant was issued against him.
A case which, in France, echoes the attack committed on the Christmas market in Strasbourg on December 11, 2018, which left 5 dead and 11 injured. The Islamist terrorist, Cherif Chekatt, was shot dead by police two days later.
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