German police have arrested a 26-year-old extremist who was planning an attack against police officers or soldiers using a homemade explosive device, authorities said Thursday. The German national was arrested Wednesday and stands accused of “preparing a serious act of violence threatening state security”, prosecutors in the northern city of ...
Police were dispatched to a school in the German town of Menden after an alert was triggered in what local authorities have since confirmed was a false alarm. Local broadcaster Radio Hellweg earlier reported that students were told to lock themselves in their classrooms and a police helicopter was seen ...