Overview
- Police searched the suspect’s apartment in Remscheid and his parents’ home in Solingen and seized digital devices and other material for examination.
- Authorities describe the allegation as a suspicion of trying to establish relations to commit a terrorist offence based on initial signs of an attempted contact with the Islamic State.
- A Solingen court has approved a 14-day custody order for the 25-year-old while investigators question him and analyse the seized evidence.
- Prosecutors say the current findings do not yet justify an arrest warrant or pretrial detention and the custody can be extended once for another 14 days if needed.
- Investigators report the suspect gave contradictory statements, has no prior convictions, and remains presumed innocent as the forensic review determines whether prosecutors can press stronger charges.