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| German police arrest two men over alleged plot to attack shopping centre | |
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| German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on one of the country’s biggest shopping centres, in the western city of Oberhausen, police said on Friday. | German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on one of the country’s biggest shopping centres, in the western city of Oberhausen, police said on Friday. |
| The two men, aged 28 and 31, are originally from Kosovo, police said, four days after a man drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people. | The two men, aged 28 and 31, are originally from Kosovo, police said, four days after a man drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people. |
| It was not clear if there was any connection with the attack on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. | It was not clear if there was any connection with the attack on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. |
| Special forces arrested the two men in the city of Duisburg after information provided by security sources, police said. | Special forces arrested the two men in the city of Duisburg after information provided by security sources, police said. |
| Investigators were trying to establish what stage of preparation the plot was at and whether others were involved, police in the nearby city of Essen said in a statement. | Investigators were trying to establish what stage of preparation the plot was at and whether others were involved, police in the nearby city of Essen said in a statement. |
| Tipped off by the intelligence services, police were sent to the shopping mall and a nearby Christmas market late on Thursday, they said. | Tipped off by the intelligence services, police were sent to the shopping mall and a nearby Christmas market late on Thursday, they said. |
| The mall that was targeted, CentrO, is one of the largest in Germany, with around 250 shops that are usually packed in the run-up to Christmas. | The mall that was targeted, CentrO, is one of the largest in Germany, with around 250 shops that are usually packed in the run-up to Christmas. |
| It is located in an old steelworks in Oberhausen in the former industrial heartland of the Ruhr valley. | It is located in an old steelworks in Oberhausen in the former industrial heartland of the Ruhr valley. |
| Police are still hunting for a 24-year-old Tunisian, Anis Amri, the man suspected of carrying out Monday’s attack on one of the capital’s most popular Christmas markets. | Police are still hunting for a 24-year-old Tunisian, Anis Amri, the man suspected of carrying out Monday’s attack on one of the capital’s most popular Christmas markets. |
| Isis has claimed responsibility for the assault, which would be their deadliest yet carried out on German soil. | Isis has claimed responsibility for the assault, which would be their deadliest yet carried out on German soil. |
| Agence France-Presse and Reuters contributed to this report. | Agence France-Presse and Reuters contributed to this report. |