US EditionFive arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market
Five men including an imam were arrested in Bavaria for plotting a vehicle attack at a Christmas market, foiled through strong cooperation between German security services.
- Five men have been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting a vehicle attack at a Christmas market.
- Prosecutors say a 56-year-old Egyptian man allegedly called for a vehicle attack with the intention of harming many people.
- Authorities suspect an Islamist motive for the failed attack, given Germany's previous Christmas market attacks.
- Bavaria's state interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, reported that the cooperation of security services helped prevent a potentially Islamist-motivated attack.
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Suspected ‘Islamist’ Christmas market terrorist plot foiled in Germany
German law enforcement and counterterrorism officials said they prevented a terrorist attack at a German Christmas market in Bavaria, Germany. Five men were believed to be involved in a plan to drive a car into a crowd of people at a market in the Dingolfing-Landau area of Bavaria. The suspects were apprehended on Friday evening and believed to have an “Islamist motive,” BBC reported. The name of the Christmas market that was to be the target o…
5 Arrested in Germany for Allegedly Plotting Christmas Market Attack, Authorities Suspect "Islamist Motive"
German Christmas Market/Image Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license/ Geograph project collection/Author: Colin Smith The attack on Christians and Jews continues to expand during the holy holiday season. The BBC reports that five men have been arrested in Germany and are suspected of plotting to drive a vehicle into people at a Christmas market, with authorities citing an “Islamist motive” behind the plot. Police note that …
Literal War on Christmas: 5 Africans, Middle Easterners Arrested Over Plot to Murder 'as Many People as Possible' at Christmas Market
One year after a deadly attack on a German Christmas market, police in the country have detained five men linked to a plot to replicate the crime. The plot called […] The post Literal War on Christmas: 5 Africans, Middle Easterners Arrested Over Plot to Murder 'as Many People as Possible' at Christmas Market appeared first on The Western Journal.
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