"German authorities said Sunday 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 on Saturday in the capital's southern Neukoelln district, was being kept in a detention centre and was to be brought before an investigating judge later Sunday. He was alleged to have plotted "a jihadist-motivated attack", a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Berlin told AFP."
"He was being held on suspicion of preparing an act of a serious nature putting the country in danger, the spokesman said. The newspaper Bild reported that a search by special police units of three Berlin residential addresses, including one on Sonnenallee, 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."
A 22-year-old Syrian man was arrested in Berlin's southern Neukoelln district and held in a detention centre pending presentation to an investigating judge. Authorities say he is suspected of preparing a jihadist-motivated attack and of preparing an act endangering the country. Special police searches of three residential addresses linked to the suspect, including one on Sonnenallee, reportedly found items that could be used to build explosives. The alleged plot was thought to target Berlin, though officials released few details. Recent months have seen knife attacks and ideologically motivated violence, and Berlin remains on heightened alert after the 2016 Christmas market massacre.
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