German police thwart teen's "suspected Nazi terror attack"
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Berlin — Officials in western Germany said Thursday that police had foiled a "suspected Nazi terror attack" by a high school student against his classmates or former classmates. Police special forces in Essen, a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), raided the apartment of a 16-year-old student and later searched two schools in the area for explosives.
Weapons and evidence of the student's far-right-wing tendencies were found and he was taken into custody. Essen police are now investigating the boy for allegedly planning an attack on two schools.
"Big thanks to @Police_NRW_E for preventing a suspected Nazi terror attack," NRW Deputy Prime Minister Joachim Stamp said in a tweet. "Regardless of the great performance of our #police and the clarification of the case, all democrats have the common task to fight against #racism, brutalization and hate."
