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Hamburg Becomes Focus in Failed Terror Plot
A Lebanese student suspected of a failed attempt to blow up a German train had contacts in Hamburg, authorities said Tuesday, drawing attention back to the northern port city where three of the Sept. 11 homicide pilots prepared for their attacks on the U.S. Nearly five years since the attacks on New York and Washington, the case has provided shocking proof for many that Germany is now also a terrorist target.

“ZDF television showed police leading away one man in handcuffs after one of the raids, and said a second had also been detained...”
The main suspect, identified by authorities as 21-year-old Youssef Mohamad el Hajdib, was arrested Saturday in Kiel, about 30 miles north of Hamburg, on suspicion of placing one of two suitcase bombs in German trains on July 31. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors said they had identified the second main suspect, while police searched his Cologne apartment as well as addresses in Kiel and Oberhausen. ZDF television showed police leading away one man in handcuffs after one of the raids, and said a second had also been detained.

However, prosecutors said the second suspected bomber, whose name they did not release, remains at large. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, citing unidentified investigators, said the fugitive was also a Lebanese national and was believed to have fled Germany.
Posted by: Fred 2006-08-23
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