A 15-year-old boy in Germany has been charged with allegedly planning a terrorist attack targeting a synagogue, according to German prosecutors. The teen stockpiled a large quantity of pyrotechnic materials to build explosives and severed two fingers while constructing a homemade device. He is being held in custody; his attorney denies he intended to attack a synagogue.
German prosecutors have formally charged a 15-year-old boy with planning a terrorist attack on a synagogue, confirming an indictment that The Zioneer first reported on Monday. The Munich prosecutor's office filed the charges on July 20, accusing the teen of stockpiling pyrotechnic materials to build explosives and expressing support for the Islamic State. He is in custody; his attorney denies the intended target was a synagogue.
The Zioneer reported on Monday at 13:47 Jerusalem that the teen had been accused of plotting an attack on a synagogue, based on a media report. That report also detailed that he lost two fingers while testing a homemade bomb in late October 2025. Later on Monday, a follow-up bulletin focused on the accidental blast. On Tuesday at 10:35 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published a further update on the lost fingers, citing the ultra-Orthodox news outlet Behadrei. The source of the information has now shifted from media reports to direct confirmation by prosecutors.
The case adds to a series of attempted attacks on Jewish targets in Europe that The Zioneer has covered. On July 15, as The Zioneer reported, British prosecutors indicted a 14-year-old far-right extremist for planning attacks on London mosques. On July 8, The Zioneer reported that a Swiss teen was sentenced to one year suspended for stabbing an Orthodox Jew 17 times outside a Zurich synagogue. On June 9, The Zioneer reported that a German court sentenced a 35-year-old man to 8.5 years for plotting a synagogue attack.
The teen's attorney denies the allegations, and the case is proceeding in a German juvenile court. The full scope of the alleged plot and the teen's capabilities remain under investigation.
3 developments
- DevelopingGerman court sentences 35-year-old man to 8.5 years for plotting synagogue attack
- DevelopingUK indicts 14-year-old far-right extremist for planning attacks on London mosques
- StrongSwiss teen, 15, stabbed Haredi Jew 17 times outside Zurich synagogue, faces one year max
- StrongYoung neo-Nazi in Britain reportedly planned to place explosives in ATMs, carry out mass massacre
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