A 14 -year -old man, who is believed to have joined the Islamic State, was arrested in Cologne, Germany, as suspected of planning a terrorist attack.

Emarchhan A., a German national and student, allegedly planned a terrorist attack on his name ‘Islamic State’probably on a Christmas market at the end of the year. The Cologne Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the 14 -year -old for propaganda propaganda unconstitutional organizations and participation in the “Islamic State”.

According to the prosecutor’s office, Emarchhan A. had not so far dealt with the German authorities, but recently posted on his Tiktok account with references to the “Islamic State” and his oath of faith in it, with the comment “before it is too late”. In their investigation, the authorities have discovered other online profiles of his own, also with Islamic content. As a username in one of them he had changed his own to a “suicide/witness bomber” and in the description he wrote “I am going to death”. However, the stage of preparing a possible attack that the detainee had arrived is unclear.

“Tiktok has long been just a scene for dances, but there has been a ground for extremism. Radicalization occurs in real time – on a smartphone in the pants pocket. We have to watch these channels more carefully. This also means that platform providers need to be more accountable, “said Northern Rhine -Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Rile, and welcomed the fact that security authorities intervened in time. “A young man not only glorified and spread the propaganda of the” Islamic State “on his social media channels, but he also shared fantasies of attacks. It is outrageous that 14 -year -olds are already so“, He added.