"One of the three suspects" arrested Friday in Germany "was tasked in 2010 by a senior member of al-Qaida to make an attack in Germany," said Assistant Federal Attorney General, Rainer Griesbaum, at a press conference Saturday. Moroccan Abdelakim El-K, aged 29, who was staying illegally in Germany since November 2010, "had relations with Austria, Morocco, Kosovo and Iran," said the president of the German Federal Police (BKA), Joerg Ziercke, at this press conference.
He had begun preparations for an attack, he added. But a concrete place in preparation for the attack had not yet been decided and the three suspects were still in the preparation of explosives, "said Griesbaum. The German federal prosecutor announced Friday the arrest of three suspected members of Al Qaeda.
On Friday, German Interior Minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, said the arrest had allowed "to remove an imminent and concrete." "But we should remain vigilant," added the minister, cited by government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Twitter. The daily Die Welt said in its edition to appear Saturday that the group was preparing an attack "in the public transport of a large city" German, citing an investigator, while specifying the exact target that had not yet was chosen.
The Bild newspaper, citing sources within the security services, says he is "three young Moroccans in North Rhine-Westphalia, the major industrial region in western countries," presumably prepared attacks in Germany. " A large quantity of explosives, including acetone, was also seized, the newspaper of general circulation. 
He had begun preparations for an attack, he added. But a concrete place in preparation for the attack had not yet been decided and the three suspects were still in the preparation of explosives, "said Griesbaum. The German federal prosecutor announced Friday the arrest of three suspected members of Al Qaeda.
On Friday, German Interior Minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, said the arrest had allowed "to remove an imminent and concrete." "But we should remain vigilant," added the minister, cited by government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Twitter. The daily Die Welt said in its edition to appear Saturday that the group was preparing an attack "in the public transport of a large city" German, citing an investigator, while specifying the exact target that had not yet was chosen.
The Bild newspaper, citing sources within the security services, says he is "three young Moroccans in North Rhine-Westphalia, the major industrial region in western countries," presumably prepared attacks in Germany. " A large quantity of explosives, including acetone, was also seized, the newspaper of general circulation.
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