Syrian refugee gets over 6 years in prison for planning car bomb attack in Germany

A Syrian refugee living in Germany was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail for planning a car bomb attack.

The sentence on Friday by the German Court on the 20-year-old identified only as “Yamen A.” was for planning an attack in October 2017, Yahoo News reports.

{mosads}The man reportedly possessed the chemicals and materials required to build a bomb, according to prosectors.

Prosectors say Yamen planned an attack with a car bomb that was intended to kill or injure about “200 people.” The location of the attack was not disclosed.

German Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere said “a serious attack has been prevented.”

Investigators say the man came to Germany from Syria in 2015 and was radicalized over the internet in the following years to become a supporter of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.