3 al-qaeda suspects arrested in Germany: Report
Police officers did not say whether the three had planned specific targets, but said they posed a "concrete and imminent danger" to the nation.
Three suspected members of terrorist outfit al-qaeda have been arrested in Germany. Police officers did not say whether the three had planned specific targets, but said they posed a "concrete and imminent danger" to the nation.All three suspects were of Moroccan origin, said the police.The arrests "succeeded in averting a concrete and imminent danger, presented by international terrorism," the CBS News quoted German interior minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, as saying.They showed "Germany remains a target of international terrorists," he added.A law enforcement source said that one of the suspects has been on the radar of the German federal police for several months.The source said German authorities are looking into a possible link to recent discovery of explosives in Spain and Austria, and into a possible broader connection with the bombing of Moroccan Cafe in Marrakech.