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German plot: 10 more sought
06/09/2007 12:08 - (SA)
Berlin - German police are looking for 10 accomplices of the three men arrested over a foiled Islamist plot to blow up airports and US installations in Germany, a senior official said on Thursday.
Deputy Interior Minister August Hanning told ARD television the police were searching for "the 10 people who were behind this" inside Germany and abroad.
"Terrorist attacks need preparation. We are trying to identify all of those who were working in the shadows," he said.
German authorities on Tuesday arrested two Germans and a Turk whom they said had stockpiled more than 700kg of chemicals to use in "massive" attacks on US targets.
Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble described the men as "very dangerous terrorists" who are believed to be members of the Islamic Jihad Union, a group with links to al-Qaeda, and underwent training in Pakistan.
Hanning said the suspects still on the loose were German, Turkish and other nationalities.
He said the government believed that in spite of Tuesday's arrests, the extremist threat in Germany remained high.
"The underlying threat is still there and it is worrying us."
- AFP
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