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Police intervened after authorities were alerted that a young man may be planning a killing spree.
Forces of the special task force arrested the 21-year-old in an apartment in the south of Leipzig, as a police spokesman confirmed.
The "Bild" newspaper had previously reported.
The arrest came about because the social network Snapchat informed the US authorities.
A user's video pointed to a possible act of violence in a school.
As part of international cooperation, the tips ended up at the Leipzig police department via the state and federal criminal police.
»Based on the video, we had a serious risk forecast and had to act.
Now it's about determining the exact circumstances," said the police spokesman.
No further information was initially given, but there was no danger, as a spokeswoman told SPIEGEL.
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