Americans foil attack on German Christmas market
U.S. intelligence agencies have given German state security a valuable tip that allowed a terror attack on a Christmas market to be avoided.
The Americans tracked down a 17-year-old German Muslim who had been radicalized in a short period of time. The young man planned to use a truck for his attack on a Christmas market at an unnamed location in Germany. The 17-year-old perpetrator is from Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and his plans were Islamist-motivated. On Nov. 6, security forces raided his home and the teen has since been detained on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime.
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