Austria says detained 14-year-old on terrorism suspicions
VIENNA - Austrian authorities have detained a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly planning to travel to Syria and had researched on the internet how to build bombs, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The boy, a Turkish national who has lived in Austria for about eight years, was taken into custody late on Tuesday.
"He admitted he had plans to go to Syria and searched the internet for plans on how to build explosive devices," said Michaela Obenaus, spokeswoman for prosecutors in St. Poelten, the capital of Lower Austria province. "There is suspicion of participation in a terrorist organization."
Obenaus said the boy had expressed sympathy with Islamic State militants fighting in Syria and Iraq.
