BERLIN, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Police in the German state of Brandenburg have arrested a Syrian terror suspect, Germany's Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old suspect was arrested in Uckermark, a district some 100 km northeast from Berlin.
He allegedly planned a suicide bomb in Berlin, said Karl-Heinz Schroeter, interior minister of Brandenburg state.
Investigators said they were led to the suspect thanks to evidence from other German federal states. The alleged terrorist reportedly sent an electronic message to his mother in which he clearly stated planning an attack.
The suspect entered Germany in 2015 and registered for asylum, according German newspaper Bild reports. He was housed in a refugee accommodation in Uckermark since 2016.
German local media N-TV cited intelligent service as saying the number of extremists in German soil has continued to grow in recent years.
