Despite Anti-Violence Training: 18-Year-Old Styrian in Pre-Trial Detention Due to Terror Plans

The 18-year-old living in Upper Styria, who is suspected of planning attacks on Western society, has been taken into pre-trial detention. The spokesperson for the Leoben public prosecutor's office cited the reasons for detention on Wednesday to the APA as risk of collusion, risk of committing the offense, and risk of executing the offense.

18-Year-Old Completed Deradicalization and Anti-Violence Training

On Tuesday, the police announced that the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (LSE) Styria became aware of the 18-year-old Upper Styrian's attack plans following a tip-off from abroad. The spokesperson for the Leoben public prosecutor's office confirmed to the APA media reports that the then 16-year-old youth was already sentenced in 2023 to a partially suspended prison sentence for attack plans (eight months unconditional and a 16-month probation period). As part of this, a deradicalization training and an anti-violence training were also to be completed, as the spokesperson said. The probation period lasts a total of three years (until 2026).

Searched for Bomb-Making Instructions on the Internet

Nevertheless, the radicalized young man is said to have once again shown interest in bomb-making plans and various attacks on Western society on the internet and had already conducted related research online. The 18-year-old Austrian with Macedonian roots was born in Styria, lives in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district, and is considered a supporter of an Islamist terrorist organization abroad.

Mobile Phone Analysis Currently Underway, Suspect in Pre-Trial Detention

State protectors arrested the man last Sunday upon entry shortly before his residence in Styria, as he returned with his family from North Macedonia. During his interrogation, the 18-year-old downplayed the intentions of attack plans but otherwise showed cooperation. His mobile phone was confiscated, and the analysis will take some time. He was admitted to the Leoben correctional facility by order of the public prosecutor's office and is now in pre-trial detention.

(APA/Red)

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