Berlin: German authorities said they have closed a Hamburg mosque that used to be a meeting place for the 9/11 attackers.
Hamburg officials said in a statement the Taiba mosque and a cultural association connected with it were banned on Monday.
The prayer house, formerly known as Al Quds mosque, used to be a meeting and recruiting point for some of the 9/11 attackers before they moved to the US.
Weekly news magazine Focus reported that the mosque has again become the city's "main centre of attraction for the Jihad scene".
According to the report, some members who belonged to the Taiba group and prayed at the mosque have moved on to a radical training camp in Uzbekistan.
