Austrian authorities estimate that they have prevented an attack on its western train station, arresting a 14 -year -old Austrian Turkish descent, a supporter of the “Islamic State”.
According to the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior, after information from the German intelligence services, Austrian intelligence officials and anti -terrorism service and WEGA forces arrested 14 -year -old in Vienna in Vienna on Fering and found many in Vienna, By planning an attack on the station but also police and explosive mechanism plans – A bomb detonator, which he also intended to build.
German agents had identified in Tiktok the “alarming” profile of the young man with Islamic content and informed their Austrian colleagues.
The 14 -year -old was arrested by the order of the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office as a suspect in joining a terrorist group or criminal organization. His lawyers speak of “children’s sketches” and a “fantasy that remained in the realm of imagination”.
On the occasion of the 14 -year -old’s arrest, the Ministry of the Interior noted that the spread of Islamist propaganda in the digital is constantly increasing and served as a “source of inspiration for terrorist acts”. Teenagers and young adults are particularly at risk, the announcement said.
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