Germany detains two in bomb plot
German police have detained two men of Middle Eastern origin suspected of buying material for a bomb attack, said a police spokesman in Berlin on Thursday.
They were identified as a 24-year-old German-Lebanese man and a 28-year-old from the Gaza strip.
Neither named Dieter or Johann, then. | They are suspected of buying chemicals to make an explosive device. Police had searched two apartments and an Islamic cultural center in Berlin.
This operation comes just two weeks before Pope Benedict is due to visit Germany and days before the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Posted by: ryuge 2011-09-08 |