German authorities say they arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot.
The suspect, arrested yesterday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, has been kept in a detention center and is set to be brought before an investigating judge later today.
He is alleged to have plotted “a jihadist-motivated attack,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Berlin tells AFP.
He is being held on suspicion of preparing an act of a serious nature putting the country in danger, the spokesman says.
The newspaper Bild reports that a search by special police units of three Berlin residential addresses linked to the suspect turned up items that could be used to build explosives.
The daily said the alleged plot was thought to be an attack in Berlin, but that no other details had yet emerged.
Germany in recent months has seen several knife attacks, as well as attacks with jihadist and far-right motives, that have thrown a focus on security measures.
Berlin remains under vigilant watch, especially since a murderous 2016 jihadist attack at a Christmas market, when a truck mowed down a crowd, killing 12 people.
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