Germany arrested a Syrian who “planned terrorist attack”

German police arrested a 19-year-old Syrian, under suspicion that he was preparing a bomb attack, prosecutors said.

The suspect, identified as Yamen A., was arrested Tuesday in the town of Shvery.

Police raided his home and several other apartments in the region.

Yamen A. It is suspected that “has planned and specifically prepared an attack on Germany, motivated by Islamists, using powerful” explosives, the federal prosecutor's Office statement said.

His aim was “to kill and wound as many people as possible”, says the dekarata, rel.

But according to her, there are no indicators that he was a member of a terrorist organization.

Authorities did not say when the suspect in Germany arrived.

German police are on high alert to the threat of Islamic attacks.

Last year, a truck attack on the Christmas market in Berlin has left 12 people dead. His responsibility has been taken over by the militant Islamic State.