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Suspicion of terrorism: Attorney General investigates students
After the allegedly foiled bomb attack on a school in Essen, the Attorney General took over the investigation of the suspected high school student. Photo: Roland Weihrauch/dpa
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The police had arrested a 16-year-old in Essen last week after a witness. He is suspected of having prepared a terrorist attack. Now the Attorney General is investigating.
After the allegedly foiled bomb attack on a school in Essen, the Attorney General took over the investigation of the suspected high school student.
The reason for this is the special significance of the crime, said a spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office on Monday at the German Press Agency in Karlsruhe. In the case of certain crimes, such as the preparation of a serious act of violence that is dangerous to the state, this is a prerequisite for the Federal Public Prosecutor to be able to initiate investigations.
The 16-year-old is suspected of having prepared a right-wing extremist terrorist attack at his school. The German teenager is already in custody on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the Düsseldorf public prosecutor.
The police had stormed his family’s apartment on Thursday morning after a witness and arrested him. The investigators came across right-wing extremist writings, bomb-making materials, a home-made rifle and crossbows with arrows. At the same time, they have indications of psychological problems.