Thread: #Germany: #Brandenburg police thwart attack plans Young right-wing extremist allegedly built explosive devices Police in #Potsdam have arrested a minor who allegedly planned a right-wing terrorist attack #AtomwaffenDivision #AWD §86 StGB Reporting free, see tweet 13 1/x 
2/X Police in #Potsdam on Friday apprehended a right-wing extremist who is alleged to have prepared attacks. According to @Tagesspiegel information, the teenager under 18 was in contact with the right-wing terrorist network #AtomwaffenDivision #AWD via chats.
3/x In this way, he is said to have radicalized himself, according to security circles. Investigators from the State Protection Service of the #Brandenburg State Criminal Police Office (LKA) approached the right-wing extremist on Friday morning with an arrest warrant.
4/x Special police forces were also deployed because weapons had been suspected on the teenager. He was arrested.
5/x Investigators searched residential, business and ancillary premises used by the juvenile right-wing extremist. What they found there confirmed the suspicions of the security authorities, they said.
6/x Investigators believe the right-wing extremist may have been on the verge of committing an attack. For months, authorities have reportedly had the teenager in their sights. There have been extensive operations to observe the right-wing extremist.
7/x It is assumed that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution was also involved. The Brandenburg Prosecutor General's Office had initiated proceedings. Investigations are underway on suspicion of preparation of a serious act of violence threatening the state,
8/x violation of the Explosives Act and the use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations. In addition, the teenager is suspected of not only obtaining instructions on how to build weapons, ammunition and explosive devices,
9/x but also of having already obtained chemicals to build explosive devices. He is said to have already built explosive and incendiary devices himself and to have carried out initial blast tests.
10/x The attorney general's office then obtained the arrest warrant and a search warrant from the Brandenburg/Havel district court. Investigators reportedly seized various data carriers and instructions for building explosive devices on Friday.
11/x A judge announced the arrest warrant to the right-wing extremist on Friday afternoon. There is growing concern among security authorities about right-wing extremist lone wolves who could become fanatics through chats and carry out attacks.
12/x The "Atomwaffen Division" #AWD emerged in 2015 in the #USA. There, members have killed a total of five people since 2017. @alx_froehlich @Tagesspiegel tagesspiegel.de/berlin/branden…
13/x We explicitly point out that the published images according to §86 StGB only serves the reporting of events of current affairs & similar purposes. Paragraphs 1 and 2 in §86 StGB do not apply here. See: dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/8…
14/x Update and correction from @Tagesspiegel @alx_froehlich: According to #Tagesspiegel information, the youth under 18 was active in a chat called #Totenwaffen. Indications of the right-wing terrorist network #AtomwaffenDivision" were not confirmed.
15/x However, experts point to parallels with the group originating from the USA. The #TotenwaffenDivision is also active in the #USA, as photos from the chat show, and also refers to the idea of "lone wolf" terrorism.
21/x more details
https://twitter.com/democ_de/status/1533051328213180418?t=98dKngW0ZlTmVJzqmHcxXg&s=19
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