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Jihadist sought crowds to boost bomb deaths
http://www.thelocal.at/20141030/investigation-begins-on-teenage-bombing-jihadist
Published: 30 Oct 2014 13:22 GMT+01:00
Updated: 30 Oct 2014 13:22 GMT+01:00
Updated: 30 Oct 2014 13:22 GMT+01:00
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The
14-year-old boy of Turkish origin had admitted to planning a bombing of
Westbahnhof, one of Austria's busiest and largest railway stations, and
had begun making enquiries into obtaining necessary parts for a bomb
when police arrested him on Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday evening, there were media reports that as part of the
radicalization process, young people had been lured into jihadism
through promises that they could receive up to $25,000 (€19,800) for an
assassination.
Now police and prosecutors
are examining the computer, phone and other aspects of the suspect's
life, including acquaintances and possible backers of the young would-be
jihadist. The data analysis is expected to take days, or even weeks,
according to the police.
The Regional Court
in St. Pölten agreed with prosecutors that there was a flight risk with
the boy, and decided to impose pre-trial detention. The teenager was
"strongly suspected to have been involved in a terrorist group," it said
in a press release.
Police have been
investigating the young man since the beginning of October, when it was
learned that he had been making increasingly radical statements that
supported the Isis terrorist network, and had begun the process to
acquire bomb parts.
According to one
report, the boy has admitted that he had been considering locations
where crowds gathered to maximize the impact of a bomb, which is why
Westbahnhof was one of his targets.
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