Overview
- Prosecutors say the Syrian teenager is in pretrial custody on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and financing terrorism.
- Investigators report no signs of accomplices or masterminds, so they are treating him as a lone actor.
- Authorities say he weighed hitting a shopping center, a police station, or a bar using explosives, a Molotov cocktail, or a knife.
- Police report he had obtained fertilizer, grill lighter fluid, a balaclava, and a knife, and that he posted Islamic State symbols on social media.
- A psychiatric evaluation is under way, and the probe is linked to a separate case under Germany’s associations law, which targets banned groups and their support.