Boy, 12, dubbed the 'Kindergarten Bomber' becomes youngest person in Europe to be arrested for terror offences after 'planning to attack a Christmas market in Germany'
A 12-year-old child dubbed 'The Kindergarten Bomber' has been arrested in Germany accused of plotting to blow up a Christmas market (file photo)
A 12-year-old child dubbed 'The Kindergarten Bomber' has been arrested in Germany accused of plotting to blow up a Christmas market.
The boy, who has dual German-Iraqi citizenship, is the youngest ever to be seized in Europe for a suspected terror offence.
The child was 'strongly radicalised' in recent weeks by a member of the Islamic State and planned to detonate his nail bomb on November 26 but it failed to explode, according to local sources.
The boy, who has dual German-Iraqi citizenship, is the youngest ever to be seized in Europe for a suspected terror offence.
The child was 'strongly radicalised' in recent weeks by a member of the Islamic State and planned to detonate his nail bomb on November 26 but it failed to explode, according to local sources.
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