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TEHRAN, April 08 - German police have detained four men, one of whom they suspect of planning knife attacks at Sunday’s Berlin half-marathon, the newspaper Die Welt reported in its online edition.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Die Welt said the four suspects were linked to Anis Amri, a Tunisian man with Daesh ties who killed 12 people in an attack in Berlin in December 2016 when he hijacked a truck and drove it into a crowded marketplace.
Berlin police were not immediately available for comment.
In its unsourced report Die Welt said the main suspect was known to Amri and had planned to stab to death spectators and runners at the half marathon.
The suspect had in his possession two knives which had been especially sharpened for this purpose, the report said.
Amri’s attack in Berlin in 2016 had prompted German lawmakers to call for tougher security measures.
Earlier on Sunday, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said the government would do everything possible to protect citizens, but added: “We have again experienced that ... absolute security is unfortunately not possible.”
Source: Reuters
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