Bomb plot foiled on German soil
A Syrian man has been arrested in north-east Germany for allegedly planning a bomb attack targeting “the biggest possible number of people”, authorities said.
Special forces arrested the 19-year-old in the city of Schwerin yesterday morning.
They said the man, whose identity was only given as Yaman A in line with Germany privacy rules, was motivated by extremist Islamic ideology. It was not clear if the man had already chosen a specific target.
“Yaman A made a decision at the latest in July to ignite an explosive in Germany to kill and injure the biggest possible number of people,” prosecutors wrote in a statement.
The suspect had already procured chemicals used to fabricate the explosive triacetone triperoxide used to build a remotecontrolled bomb.