Düsseldorf, Germany
Al Qaida bust: German police have arrested three suspected al Qaida members for allegedly working toward building a shrapnel bomb. The suspects are a Moroccan, a German with Moroccan citizenship, and a German with Iranian citizenship. Police said the three, who had been under surveillance for months, were experimenting with explosives and detonators and had discussed attacking a bus or train. An unnamed U.S. official told NBC that at least one of the men had been trained by al Qaida in Pakistan. “This was well beyond aspirational,” the official said. “The police had been watching for some time, watching and monitoring, planning on disrupting it at the right time.”
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