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German Police arrest Lebanese suspect in bomb plot

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08-09-2011 | 09:30

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German police on Thursday detained a Lebanese-German and a Gazan suspected of obtaining potential ingredients for a bomb and searched an Islamic center where the pair had spent time.

The arrests came three days before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and followed a weekend statement by the interior minister that threats to Germany remained "real and intensive.

" The suspects, a 24-year-old German of Lebanese descent and a 28-year-old from Gaza, were detained by officers in their Berlin apartments that were then searched for evidence, Berlin police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said.

The men, who were not otherwise identified, are suspected of planning "a violent criminal act," and police had watched them for several months, Neuendorf said. Unlike Britain or the United States, Germany does not have a state of alert, but maintains security through increased measures often not immediately visible to the public.

Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, Germany's top security official, told the Passauer Neue Press agency over the weekend that authorities "work intensively" to prevent attacks. German officials say they have thwarted several attacks since the 2001 assault that killed thousands in the U.S.

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