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Thefts from chemical rooms – attack planned?
The police are investigating possible attack plans after thefts from chemical rooms (symbolic image). photo
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A school is broken into several times. Chemicals are stolen. The police have a teenager in their sights. The accused is apparently known to the security authorities as an Islamist.
After several break-ins at a school in the Detmold area Police arrested a teenager who may have planned a bomb attack. Because of a political background, the state security agency had taken over the investigation, the Detmold public prosecutor’s office and the Bielefeld police announced in the evening.
In mid-January, the teenager is said to have broken into the school in the Lippe district twice and stolen chemicals from the chemistry rooms. On Thursday, the suspect was temporarily arrested after another break-in near the crime scene. He has been in custody since today, the statement says. He had not previously been charged with any criminal offenses and was not known to the police. The motive for the crime is currently being investigated. The authorities do not want to provide any further information at this time, citing the suspect’s young age.
“Der Spiegel” (online) had previously reported on the arrest and wrote about a 17-year-old young convert. The accused was apparently known to the security authorities as an Islamist. A spokesman for the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of the Interior referred to the message from the police and public prosecutor’s office and did not want to provide any further information.