German police arrest two men suspected of planning shopping mall attack

It was not clear if there was any connection with Monday's<br /> attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people


Reuters December 23, 2016
PHOTO: AFP

BERLIN: Police special forces arrested two men suspected of planning an attack on a shopping mall in Oberhausen in the West German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, police said on Friday.

The suspects, two brothers aged 28 and 31 who were born in
Kosovo, were arrested in the city of Duisburg after information
provided by security sources, police said in a statement.

Germany hunts for attacker after IS claims truck rampage

It was not clear if there was any connection with Monday's
attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people.

Police are searching for a Tunisian suspect whose fingerprints
were found inside the truck.

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