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BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Three teenagers suspected of planning an Islamic extremist attack have been arrested in western Germany, prosecutors said Friday.<\/p>\n
The trio \u2014 two girls who are 15 and 16, and a 15-year-old boy \u2014 come from various parts of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous. They were arrested after a court issued warrants over the Easter weekend, prosecutors in Duesseldorf said.<\/p>\n
They are suspected of having declared themselves prepared to carry out an \u201cIslamist-motivated terror attack\u201d and planning such an attack, prosecutors said in a statement. They didn’t specify how advanced the plans were, and said they couldn’t give further details because of the suspects’ young age and the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
The three are in detention pending possible charges of declaring themselves ready to commit murder and manslaughter and preparing a serious act of violence.<\/p>\n
German news agency dpa, citing unidentified security sources, reported that the teenagers had set up a chat group and that they hadn’t yet drawn up a concrete attack plan with a time and place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n