The suspect, who allegedly planned to carry out an attack using a truck, similar to the 2016 Berlin
Christmas market terror attack, was arrested via a joint US-German effort. According to available
sources, he planned to launch an attack in the town of Elmshorn, in Schleswig-Holstein. The plot
continues to underscore the growing trend of teenagers becoming self-radicalised and engaging in
lone wolf terrorism, which is evident in recent cases of both Islamist and far-right terror.