Suspected terrorist in Brandenburg: young man arrested for attacks!

Suspected terrorist in Brandenburg: young man arrested for attacks!

In an alarming incident, an 18-year-old was arrested in Brandenburg because he is suspected of having planned a serious state-threatening attack. Special forces of the Federal Police and the State Criminal Police Office carried out the arrest in the Dahme-Spreewald district after information on possible attacks in Berlin had been received. Brandenburg's police vice president Jan Müller emphasized that such threats are taken extremely seriously. "We use all the rule of law to protect the population," he said. The investigation, which is under the direction of the Brandenburg General Prosecutor's Office, continues, while the suspect was already demonstrated to the judge who issued the arrest warrant. Further details on the backgrounds and motifs are not published for investigative reasons, such as vienna.at reported.

The arrest comes in a context of increasing security concerns, especially since another suspect was released, a 22-year-old Libyan. This was taken into custody in October 2024 because he was suspected of having planned an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin. The federal prosecutor confirmed that although he had contacts with the terrorist organization of Islamic State (IS), the urgent suspicion could not be maintained, which is why he was recently back in freedom. This has initiated political discussions about protection against terror in Germany, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said. The suspect had supposedly exchanged his plans in a messenger chat with an IS member, which led to the search of his apartment and that of his acquaintance. The reference to the Libyan came from a foreign intelligence service, and the situation shows the alarming challenges with which the German security authorities are faced with, such as rbb24 reported.