A court in Cologne today sentenced a 15-year-old to four years in prison for planning an attack on Leverkusen’s Christmas market in December 2023. The juvenile from the Rheinis-Bergis region of North Rhine-Westphalia was convicted of “conspiracy to commit murder” and for “disturbing public order by threatening to commit crimes” and, according to a court representative, during the hearing he “fully confessed” to his actions. The 15-year-old was arrested last November and is believed to have been radicalized just weeks earlier. The ‘plan’ His plans were to drive a van full of LPG cylinders to Leverkusen’s outdoor Christmas market and kill ‘as many infidels as possible’. He had even posted a video in which he discussed his plans in an Internet communication group. There it referred to “infidels” and symbols of the “Islamic State” could be seen in the background. Also according to the indictment, a 16-year-old from Brandenburg allegedly colluded with the 15-year-old in order to film […]
Source: News Beast
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