Overview

• Two men aged 34 and 19 are being held as the Bremen public prosecutor leads an ongoing investigation.
• Police searched multiple properties in Bremerhaven and nearby communities in late August and secured evidence now under analysis.
• Officials have not released further details on the suspects or alleged targets and have limited public information to protect the probe.
• A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office said an Islamist motivation remains a possibility but has not been confirmed.
• BILD reported, citing the prosecutor, that initial searches took place on August 26 and later raids found chemicals that could be used to make explosives, and identified the suspects as German nationals.