Three minors arrested in Germany for wanting to attack in different cities in the name of the Islamic State

“The prosecution accuses them of planning attacks against churches, railway stations, courts and police stations on behalf of IS,” explains the German media. According to the newspaper, the young people, who failed to develop plans for their attacks, They did talk about committing attacks with knives and Molotov cocktails.

If the charges are confirmed, it points out, Albina H. (16) from Iserlohn, Wiam S. (15) from Düsseldorf and Julius S. (15) from Lippstadt will have to answer for their actions before the court “for preparing a serious act of violence that endangers the State”. The Prosecutor’s Office bases its accusation on data from a Telegram chat in which they planned, together with Yusa P. (16), attacks against churches, train stations, courts and police stations on behalf of IS.

Bild indicates that Albina H. intended to leave the country and flee to the Middle East to join the terrorist organization. A purpose that he confessed to Wiam S. via Telegram and that set off alarm bells.

In 2018, Wiam’s father, Tijani S. (44 years old), was also investigated for terrorist financingspecifically for IS, in addition to finding a gun in his car.

Albina and Wiam’s chat was the first clue to uncover the rest of the plot and trace the chat between Yusa and Julius (a convert). These mentioned attacks with knives and Molotov cocktails against the cities of Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund. In addition to his desire to obtain firearms.

The police, according to Bildplaces Julius as the instigator of the plot that considered the Easter as the best time to carry out the series of attacks. It was at that time, in the month of March 2024, when they were arrested. In the operation, a machete and a dagger were confiscated from Wiam, at his home in Dusseldorf.