Overview
- Prosecutors say the 18-year-old, a Syrian national, planned knife attacks or explosions at a shopping centre, a bar or a police station and has been charged with preparing a terrorist offence, terrorism financing and breaching the associations law.
- Investigators arrested him on 7 May 2026 and seized materials they say he bought for attacks, including universal fertilizer, liquid grill lighter, a balaclava and a knife.
- The public prosecutor links the plan to Islamic State propaganda and cites three Instagram videos on the defendant’s account that showed IS imagery and were partly set to IS‑associated songs.
- A preliminary expert opinion says the youth likely had a substantial reduction in culpability because of a mental illness, and the main juvenile hearing scheduled to start Monday will be held behind closed doors.
- Authorities treat the case as an apparent lone‑actor plot with no sign of accomplices so far, and the court may weigh psychiatric treatment or juvenile measures rather than standard adult prison terms if diminished culpability is confirmed.