Boy, 12, dubbed ‘The Kindergarten Bomber’ is Europe’s youngest-ever terror suspect after being arrested over ISIS plot to bomb German Christmas market
Police have dubbed the youngster 'The Kindergarten Bomber' after nail bomb left next to festive market
A TWELVE-year-old boy has been arrested after he plotted to blow up a German Christmas market with a horrific nail bomb.
Nicknamed ‘The Kindergarten Bomber’, the boy is the youngest person ever seized in Europe over suspected terror offences.
The “strongly-radicalised” boy is alleged to have left a jam jar packed with gunpowder, bolts and screws near Ludwigshafen Market on November 26.
The device did not explode, and the boy was caught when he tried to leave a second device outside the city hall nine days later.
An eagle-eyed passer-by saw what he was doing and contacted police. A specialist explosive squad was brought in and used a controlled explosion.
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It is not known whether the ISIS-inspired child – who is of dual Iraqi and German nationality – or another individual built the sinister devices.
Closer analysis found the explosive was made from fireworks and sparklers and was flammable but not explosive.
The boy, born in the city in 2004, is currently in juvenile detention.
Police in the city are yet to comment on the arrest.
According to Focus - known in Germany for a magazine with close ties to and sources within the security services - the bomb was in a glass jam jar and the nails and screws were glued to the sides.
The attempted slaughter illustrates the spiking terror threat in Germany.
Returnees from the ranks of ISIS in the Middle East have told intelligence services that it is the group's main target in Europe.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been slammed over her 'open-door' policy that saw has seen more than a million refugees let into the country.
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