Germany arrests man suspected of planning attack on police, soldiers
BERLIN - Police have arrested a German man who has admitted planning to lure police or soldiers into a trap and kill them with a home-made bomb, prosecutors and police said on Thursday.
Prosecutors said chemicals that could be used to make explosive devices were found during a search of his home in the town of Northeim in central Germany.
The 26-year-old is believed to be a member of a group of Salafists, ultra-conservative Islamists, they said. In a statement, prosecutors and police called the arrest "a big success in the fight against terrorism".
