Germany: 3 teens go on trial over bombing a Sikh temple
BERLIN — Three teenagers have gone on trial in Germany over an explosion at a Sikh temple in the western city of Essen.
Prosecutors say the defendants, who are German-born Muslims, met on social media where they became radicalized and hatched a plan to kill people they considered to be “infidels.”
In a statement ahead of Wednesday’s trial, prosecutors said two defendants, a 16 and 17-year-old, are accused of detonating a fire extinguisher filled with explosives at the entrance of the temple on April 16.