German officials say a suicide bombing for this week was thwarted after the arrest of a 17-year-old asylum seeker who arrived in 2015.

Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schröter told reporters on Tuesday that a teenager in Uckermark sent his family a family a farewell letter linked to impending “jihad.” Police in Brandenburg arrested the individual, who has lived in housing for unaccompanied refugees since 2016, although specific details have not been released due to an ongoing investigation.

The ministry said it was too early to confirm reports of “concrete attack plans” or the suspect’s possible “Syrian nationality,” BBC reported.

Brandonberg police also confirmed the usage of German special operations forces for the arrest via social media, the network reported.

Tuesday’s arrest comes in the wake of a May 22 suicide bombing in Manchester, England, by 22-year-old Salman Abedi. The terror plot killed 22 people and hospitalized 116 others.

Dschihadist in der #Uckermark festgesetzt > 17-Jähriger nach Hinweisen einer Familienangehörigen in Gewahrsam genommen. ^sn pic.twitter.com/IoRZDELUim — Polizei Brandenburg (@PolizeiBB) May 30, 2017

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