Report: German police arrest 3 suspected of planning bomb attack |

Report: German police arrest 3 suspected of planning bomb attack

/ 04:35 PM January 30, 2019

BERLIN — German news site Spiegel Online reports that police have arrested three men on suspicion of planning to carry out a bomb attack.

The site reported that the three Iraqis were arrested early Wednesday around Dithmarschen, in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein.

A spokeswoman for Germany’s federal police, Daniela Kiss, confirmed that officers were involved in an operation together with state police, but referred to federal prosecutors for further details.

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German federal prosecutors, who couldn’t immediately confirm the reports, are responsible for investigating serious crimes including terrorism.

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Spiegel Online reports the men, identified as Shahin F., Hersh S. and Rauf S., wanted to use fireworks to build an explosive and had ordered a detonator from Britain.

Their surnames weren’t provided in line with German privacy rules. /kga

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