Austrian authorities arrest teen for plotting Vienna railway station attack

A teenager has been arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on a major railway station in Vienna.

A 14-year-old Austrian supporter of the so-called Islamic State group was arrested on 10 February for allegedly planning an attack at a railway station in Vienna, authorities revealed Wednesday.

The suspect, an Austrian national with Turkish roots, is said to have been radicalised online.

He was detained after Austrian intelligence services were tipped off that he had posted stories and videos with Islamist extremist content on several TikTok profiles.

Investigators found numerous extremist books as well as sketches of attacks with knives and machetes at a station, alongside handwritten instructions for making explosive material to serve as a detonator for a bomb.

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