21-year-old allegedly planned another Islamist attack in Magdeburg – Allah's Willing Executioners
A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in Magdeburg last Friday after expressing plans to carry out an attack. The plans could be based on Islamist motives, as a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry in Saxony-Anhalt confirmed when asked.
The arrest was intended to prevent a possible attack on large crowds. The Volksstimme newspaper was the first to report on the incident.
No details were initially available on the background to the case or on how specific the man’s statements were. Nor was anything known at first about a possible location for the attack. According to the speaker, the 21-year-old remains in custody. According to information from dpa, the young man, who was in training, is said to have made statements that indicate his intention to carry out an attack.
The Ministry of the Interior in Magdeburg stated on request that it is currently preparing a deportation based on a ‘fact-based prognosis to avert a particular danger to the security of the Federal Republic of Germany …