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Polish security services have detained a 19-year-old man, accusing him of seeking to establish contact with the “Islamic State” terrorist group and of plotting an attack on a Christmas market. They did not specify where.
People skate on the Old Town Market Square ice rink during the Warsaw Christmas Festival, a holiday street festival that takes place in the Old Town during select weekends in December.
Several cities in Poland have Christmas markets, with one of the most famous venues in the Old Town of the capital Warsaw; authorities did not say where the alleged attack was plannedImage: Roman Koziel/ZUMA/picture alliance
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Polish authorities said on Tuesday that they had arrested a 19-year-old university student on suspicion of plotting an attack on a Christmas market and seeking contact with the self-styled “Islamic State” terrorist group.
A spokesman for Polish special services, Jacek Dobrzynski, said that the suspect wanted to commit an attack using explosives that could have caused mass casualties.
What investigators said about the case
“The man was very fascinated by Islam, sought to establish contacts with the Islamic State, and was preparing an attack in Poland, in one of the cities during a Christmas market,” Dobrzynski said.
