Bomb found in Oberursel

Arrested terror suspects

With the arrest of a couple in Oberursel in the night of Thursday, police have prevented a terrorist attack. Investigators found an apartment in a working pipe bomb and other weapons.

According Frankfurt prosecutor's office was being accessed by the authorities to the suspicious couple in the early hours of Thursday. A special task force (SEC) and demolitions expert of the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) in Oberursel searched an apartment and a car. The police have a ready-made home-made pipe bomb found, a component for an assault rifle, a practice round for a bazooka and 100 rounds of ammunition. The suspicious couple was arrested.

The detainees there were a 35 year old man and a 34 year old woman. The man was a German citizen of Turkish origin, the woman Turkish woman. The accused man, a chemistry student, three liters of concentrated hydrogen peroxide was according to prosecutors on 30 March in a hardware store bought. It can be used for producing various explosives. He stated that he needed it for algae removal in his garden pond the Seller. The seller informed then the police. Officials had managed to identify with the images from the surveillance camera of the construction market to man, even though he had made ​​a false name. The man had years ago connection to the Sauerland group who had planned attacks in 2007. Whether there are current connections to the Salafist scene is unclear, said the prosecutor.

Ambiguity to stop plans

Evidence of a specific planned attack, about to be held on May 1 around Frankfurt cycling race, were not found. This is pure speculation, said the spokesman authorities. At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, the investigators reported, however, that the detainee had been repeatedly observed at the racing track. The Hessian Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) said on Thursday in the state parliament in Wiesbaden, was that prevented the arrest after polizeilichem level of knowledge presumably a terrorist attack was. Police and prosecutors have determined for weeks.

There was a suspicion of a Salafist background. Now the arrest and the results of searches have supplied evidence, "that planned attacks have taken place there," says Beuth. Further information was not the Home Secretary because of the ongoing investigation first. The suspects were interrogated. Forces of riot police scoured all over the region Thursday Hohemark on the road from Oberursel direction Feldberg looking for further evidence.

"World": cycling route explored

The newspaper "Die Welt" had previously reported that police had foiled a planned terrorist attack by suspected salafistischem background. The couple had been observed by a mobile task force for a few days. As the "world" further reported that the police decided late on Wednesday for access. The man had been observed as he explored a forest near Oberursel. There leads on Friday the cycle race "Around the financial center Eschborn - Frankfurt". Along During the search, the police have a ready-built pipe bomb, an assault rifle and live ammunition to ensure it was said in the report. The man had maintained contacts in the Salafist scene in Frankfurt and the terrorist network Al Qaeda.