German Police Detain Teen After Yom Kippur Synagogue Threat

German Police Detain Teen After Yom Kippur Synagogue Threat
Police officers stay in front of the entrance to the Jewish Community bodybuilding in Hagen, Germany, on Sept. 16, 2021. Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP
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BERLIN—A 16-year-old boy was detained Thursday in connection with a possible plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen, authorities said.

The detention took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, and two years after a deadly attack in another German city on the Yom Kippur holiday.