15-year-old held in custody on murder conspiracy charges in Esslingen after mobile phone analysis
A 15-year-old from the Rems-Murr district is in custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder in Esslingen. The decisive evidence came from analysis of his mobile phone.
Further teenager arrested over planned murder in Esslingen
The State Criminal Police Office of Baden-Württemberg arrested a 15-year-old at his residence in the Rems-Murr district on Wednesday, according to swr.de. He is suspected of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a planned attack in Esslingen.
The teenager had already been temporarily arrested at the end of May but was released again due to insufficient grounds for suspicion. Only subsequent analysis of his mobile phone by investigators strengthened the suspicion. The Cyber Crime Centre Baden-Württemberg in Karlsruhe then issued an arrest warrant for conspiracy to commit murder.
The planned act of violence came to light at the end of May when investigators were looking into another teenager from the group on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children online and discovered the group in the course of their investigation. The accused are between 14 and 16 years old. During arrests near a school in the Oberesslingen district, one of the accused was carrying a knuckleduster, according to the public prosecution service. The target of the planned attack was supposed to be a young person from the group's immediate circle, explained the spokesman for the Cyber Crime Centre to SWR.
The Public Prosecution Service Karlsruhe stated that it was unable to release further details at the present time. The spokesman, Weber, gave as the reason the minority status of all the accused as well as the ongoing investigations. Several teenagers had already been arrested in Esslingen at the end of May; the questioning of further witnesses is continuing.
The planned act of violence was prevented.
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