Germany: 2 alleged extremists held in possible attack plan
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BERLIN - Police in central Germany detained two men they described as known Islamic extremists on Thursday in an investigation of suspected plans for an attack.
The men, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 23-year-old Nigerian whose names weren't released, were detained during early-morning searches in and near Goettingen. Both men live in the city and have long been part of the Salafist scene there, police said.
Twelve properties were searched in the operation. Information about a possible attack plan had accumulated in recent days to the extent that officials decided to take quick action, Goettingen police chief Uwe Luehrig said.
Investigators found two weapons, at least one of them a firearm that required no permit but had been altered to fire live ammunition, senior Goettingen police official Volker Warnecke told reporters. They also found ammunition, flags of the Islamic State group and a machete.
