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Germany detains 4 teenagers over ‘Islamist attack’ plot

  • The Bild newspaper reported the youths were allegedly planning to carry out Molotov cocktail and knife attacks in the name of the Islamic State group
  • Germany has been on high alert for Islamist attacks since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war in October

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Police stand outside after two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Skoblo Synagogue and Education Center in Berlin in October last year. Germany has been on high alert for Islamist attacks since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war in October. Photo: Reuters

Police have detained two girls and two boys – all teenagers – in western Germany on suspicion that they were planning an Islamist attack, prosecutors said on Friday.

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Three arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia state are “strongly suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated terror attack and of having committed to carrying it out”, Düsseldorf prosecutors said in a statement.

The trio, aged from 15 to 16, are “strongly suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated terror attack and of having committed to carrying it out”, the statement said.

Separately, prosecutors in Stuttgart said a 16-year-old suspect is in custody on “suspicion that he was preparing a serious crime endangering the state”.

Investigators did not provide further details on the alleged plot, saying the inquiry was still underway.

But Germany’s biggest-selling daily Bild reported that the youths were allegedly planning to carry out Molotov cocktail and knife attacks in the name of the Islamic State group.

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