Germany teens held for alleged Christmas market attack plot

2023-11-30 04:19

Police are said to have intervened to be on the safe side, after a specific target was identified.

Two boys aged 15 and 16 have been arrested by German authorities on suspicion of planning a militant Islamist attack on a Christmas market or a synagogue.

The younger boy, a German-Afghan from the western town of Burscheid, was detained after his home was searched.

The seriousness of the...