16-year-old from southern Israel indicted on charges of planning ISIS-style attacks

Police and the Shin Bet indicted a 16-year-old from southern Israel on charges of “security offenses inspired by terrorist groups,” says a police spokesman.

Law enforcement arrested him in December last year on suspicion of planning to join the Islamic State terror group and manufacture explosives to use in terror attacks.

Police say the suspect planned to move abroad and join ISIS, but also considered staying in Israel to create a “military squad that would carry out attacks against Jews.”

The youth also “carried out activities for the purpose of preparing explosives,” the police say.

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