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German police arrest suspected terrorists on plane
Police arrested two male terrorist suspects on an Amsterdam-bound flight at the Cologne airport in western Germany on Friday, police said.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:38 September 26, 2008
- A taxi cab drives away from the main entrance of the Cologne Bonn Airport in Cologne, western Germany.
- Image Credit: AP
Berlin: Police arrested two male terrorist suspects on an Amsterdam-bound flight at the Cologne airport in western Germany on Friday, police said.
The men were suspected of wanting to take part in Islamist attacks, a police spokesman told German television, adding that they also found farewell letters.
One of the men was a Somali and the other was a German born in Somalia, the spokesman said, adding they were hauled out of the plane just before take off.
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