(Deutsche Welle) A regional court in the western German city of Cologne on Friday sentenced a 15-year-old to four years in youth custody for planning an attack on a Christmas market in the nearby city of Leverkusen.
The court found that the Islamist-motivated youth had planned to kill apparent non-believers with a truck.
What else did the court say?
It found that the youth had been increasingly radicalized since autumn last year.
According to the verdict, his plan was to rent a truck and drive it through the Christmas market in the Leverkusen district of Opladen. The defendant wanted to run over as many people as possible and thus kill them, the court said.
