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BERLIN (AP) — Four teenagers suspected of readying an Islamic extremist attack person been arrested successful Germany, authorities said connected Friday.
Three of nan suspects — 2 girls who are 15 and 16, and a 15-year-old boy — travel from various parts of nan occidental North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany's astir populous. They were arrested aft a tribunal issued warrants for them complete nan Easter weekend, prosecutors successful nan metropolis of Duesseldorf said.
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A 4th suspect, a 16-year-old boy, was arrested successful nan southwestern authorities of Baden-Wuerttemberg, German news agency dpa reported.
Authorities opportunity 4 teenagers suspected of readying an Islamic extremist onslaught person been arrested successful Germany. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)
The 3 detained successful occidental Germany are suspected of having declared themselves prepared to transportation retired an "Islamist-motivated panic attack" and readying specified an attack, prosecutors said successful a statement. They didn't specify really precocious nan plans were, and said they couldn't springiness further specifications because of nan suspects' young property and nan ongoing investigation.
They are successful detention pending imaginable charges of declaring themselves fresh to perpetrate execution and manslaughter and preparing a superior enactment of violence.
North Rhine-Westphalia's apical information official, authorities Interior Minister Herbert Reul, said nan investigation was prompted by nan 16-year-old girl's suspected plans to time off Germany to subordinate nan Islamic State group.
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Chats connected her cellphone, successful which imaginable attacks successful Dortmund, Duesseldorf aliases Cologne were discussed but besides churches and synagogues successful her location municipality of Iserlohn, led investigators to nan different suspects, dpa reported.
Citing unidentified information sources, nan agency reported that nan teenagers hadn’t yet drawn up a actual onslaught scheme pinch a clip and place.
