Investigators from the State Office of Criminal Investigation may have prevented a catastrophe in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein!
On Wednesday evening ( November 6), state security investigators in Elmshorn (Schleswig-Holstein) arrested a 17-year-old who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack.
According to the BILD newspaper, the German-Turkish man was planning to kill people with a lorry at a Christmas market, as revealed by wiretapped conversations and intercepted communications. According to BILD, the investigators assume an Islamist background.
The tip about the planner of the attack, which came from an American intelligence agency, first reported to the Federal Criminal Police Office in spring 2024 and was then followed up by investigators in Schleswig-Holstein. In March, the Flensburg public prosecutor’s office took over the case. Now the arrest.
Senior public prosecutor Bernd Winterfeldt told BILD: ‘I can confirm that we are investigating on suspicion of preparing a serious terrorist offence and conspiracy to commit a crime, namely murder. An arrest warrant has been issued for a 17-year-old suspect.’
He is now detained in the Schleswig prison.
‘The security authorities have done 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. We must always be vigilant.’
Elmshorn: 17-Jähriger plante Lkw-Anschlag auf Weihnachtsmarkt | Regional | BILD.de
In December of 2016, a terrorist drove a tractor trailer through shoppers at a Berlin Christmas market killing 12 and putting 48 others in a hospital. On December 11th, 2018, another terrorist opened fire on an outdoor Christmas market in Strasbourg, France killing two and wounding at least a dozen more. So thankful they caught this terrorist before he could carry out this attack. Let’s hope police and counter-terrorism forces are up to the task of keeping all the outdoor Christmas markets across Europe safe this year as well. Thanks for bringing us this story.
New rule : His entire family has citizenship cancellation- unsuited to living in a democracy! Start the evacuation now!
Does anyone believe he will eventually be deported?