A 15-year-old German girl of Moroccan descent is being investigated for attempted murder of a police officer and supporting the Islamic State extremist group, prosecutors say.
Safia S, whose name was withheld due to privacy considerations, is accused of stabbing a police officer at Hanover's main train station on February 26 for being "a representative of the hated federal republic" of Germany, federal prosecutors said in a statement on Friday.
German authorities say the girl was radicalised in November 2015 by a member of Islamic State, and that she planned to travel to Syria to pledge allegiance to the extremist group's self-declared caliphate.
In January, she allegedly travelled to Istanbul, where she made contact with two IS militants who were supposed to facilitate travel to Syria.
Safia S's mother brought her back to Germany before she was able to complete her journey, but prosecutors say the two militants incited her to commit a "martyr's operation" on behalf of IS upon returning home.
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The police officer allegedly stabbed by the girl sustained life-threatening injuries and had to undergo surgery.
Safia S was initially being investigated by the prosecutor's office in Hanover, but federal prosecutors have now taken over her case.
