Young people plan horrific attacks on churches in NRW!

Young people plan horrific attacks on churches in NRW!

Düsseldorf, Deutschland - At the Düsseldorf District Court, the trial against three young people who are suspected of having planned to have planned Islamistically motivated attacks on churches. The accused, a 16-year-old girl from Düsseldorf, a 17-year-old from Iserlohn and a 15-year-old boy from Lippstadt, are said to have organized various measuring services such as Telegram and Discord to discuss their criminal plans. The Attorney General accuses them of penetrating Ramadan in Christian churches on a Sunday during the Lent month and shooting and shooting there and pushing them on there, the Catholic News Agency (KNA) reports.

As part of their plan, the young people also intended to set fire to the bell towers and inner rooms with Molotow cocktails in order to injure or kill as many people as possible. According to the indictment, they had advised themselves with another person from Ostfildern who was also involved in the plans. The public prosecutor assumes that the suspects were radicalized on the Internet and that the talks about the attacks had already started before they were targeted by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. It was particularly striking that the Iserlohn had apparently made an application for a departure in the direction of Syria in order to join the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS), reported T-Online.

process details and other developments

A total of up to twelve trial days are scheduled until March 2025, in which numerous witnesses are also to be heard. The process takes place for youth protection reasons, including the public. The young people did not comment on the negotiation day, and only their parents were allowed to be present as a legal guardian. The court will pay particular attention to how concrete and seriously the preparations for the attacks were, as this could have a significant impact on the possible punishment. In the event of a conviction, punishments from social training measures are possible up to several years of youth, which makes the assessment of the procedure particularly exciting in view of the severity of the allegations, as KNA and T-Online report.