Police operation in Essen: stabbing weapons found in 16-year-old suspects

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Police operation at two schools in Essen – stabbing weapons found in 16-year-old suspects

Police officers are in front of the Don Bosco Gymnasium in Essen. The officials are currently on a larger scale at two schools.

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The Essen police arrested a suspected student aged 16 during the night. A police spokeswoman stated that serious crimes could be prevented. Now the authorities are investigating with high pressure.

The police in Essen are investigating possible planned crimes at two schools against a 16-year-old. “We can confirm that the suspect is a 16-year-old German student at the Don Bosco High School,” the police wrote on Twitter. A police spokeswoman told the German Press Agency that a SEK commando searched the high school student’s apartment early in the morning. “Bild.de” and “NRZ” had previously reported. The police spokeswoman said: “Fortunately nothing happened at the schools. The direction in which it might have gone is now being determined.” The youth is currently in police custody.

The Essen police seized spears and other stabbing weapons when they searched the apartment of the 16-year-old student. Police officers carried the weapons and several boxes from the apartment on the top floor of a house into a van, a dpa photo reporter reported on Thursday. According to the police, the 16-year-old is suspected of having planned crimes at the Essen Don-Bosco-Gymnasium and another school in the north of Essen. According to a report in the “Bild” newspaper, the police are said to have prevented a killing spree with their deployment. According to information from the newspaper, investigators also discovered various bombs on the youngster, including a dangerous nail bomb.

Essen police are investigating with high pressure

The operations with searches at the Don-Bosco-Gymnasium in Essen-Borbeck and at the secondary school at Borbeck Castle were still running in the morning, as the spokeswoman said. The suspect is currently a high school student and had previously attended secondary school. “We received indications that a crime was planned in the school,” it said on the high school’s website. “In order to examine the school for evidence, we had to block access to the school today in consultation with the police.”

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