Norway: Minor Arrested for Plotting Attack on NATO Center

A 17-year-old has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of planning an explosives attack on NATO facilities. According to the state broadcaster NRK, the teenager targeted the NATO Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Jåtten, near Stavanger.

The suspect, born and raised in Norway, was allegedly seen at his school with a flag of the Islamic State organization. He has been placed in pre-trial detention for two weeks and denies the charges, his lawyer Knut Lærum told AFP.

The internal security services (PST), responsible for counter-terrorism, arrested the teenager. The PST were not available for comment.