Germany detains three Islamic State suspects over attack plan
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Local authorities said the two individuals were being treated at a central hospital in China's capital city Beijing - home to over 21 million inhabitants - on Nov 12, 2019.
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BERLIN (REUTERS) - German police have detained three people in the western city of Offenbach on suspicion of planning an attack using explosives on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said on Tuesday (Nov 12).
Prosecutors said the main suspect is a 24-year-old German of Macedonian origin who had wanted to manufacture explosives and had tried to buy a weapon online. His two accomplices are Turkish nationals aged 22 and 21.
The three suspects wanted to kill as many "infidels" as possible in the attack, Frankfurt prosecutor Nadja Niesen said in a statement.
