In Germany, began the trial of four men accused of planning major terrorist attacks. On this April 22, reports Associated Press.
According to the prosecution, in 2007 the German Fritz Gelovits, German, Daniel Schneider, Adem Yilmaz Turks and a German citizen of Turkish origin Attila Selek going to smash cars filled with explosives in the building of German clubs, bars, airports and other organizations. Three suspected terrorists were arrested in their rented house in Germany in September 2007. Seleka was arrested in Turkey in November of that year. He was later extradited to Germany.
Publication of Deutsche Welle said that among the objects which, according to the investigation, the defendants were going to blow up, is located on the territory of Germany, the U.S. military base Ramstein. Previously, it was reported that many other purposes also chosen in view of the fact that the victims were German citizens in the United States. With the arrest of potential terrorists have been seized hundreds of kilograms of material for the manufacture of bombs.
It is anticipated that Gelovits, Schneider, Yilmaz and Selek are members of a little-known organization called the Islamic Jihad Union. " This refers to "Al-Qaeda organization is a branch of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan." Gelovits and Schneider, according to the investigation, came to this organization, although the indigenous inhabitants are German. They were converted to radical Islam is already an adult. Currently, the age of all four defendants ranged between 23 and 30 years.
The aim of terrorists was revenge for the presence of German military in Afghanistan, as well as the German authorities for their cooperation with the United States.
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