<p>German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre in the western city of Oberhausen, police said today.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;alleged plot targeted&nbsp;Germany&#39;s largest shopping mall, located near the Dutch border, the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/23/two-arrested-suspicion-plotting-attack-germanys-largest-shopping/">Telegraph </a>reports.</p>

<p>Police said they are trying to understand how far how far the attack&#39;s preparations were taken, and whether they acted alone or with others, the Telegraph reports.</p>

<div class="ui-state-default" contenteditable="false">
<div class="twitter-block" draggable="false">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
<p dir="ltr" lang="de">M&ouml;glicher <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Anschlag?src=hash">#Anschlag</a> auf das Centro in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oberhausen?src=hash">#Oberhausen</a> vereitelt. Zwei Verd&auml;chtige in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Duisburg?src=hash">#Duisburg</a> festgenommen. <a href="https://t.co/qRBYX7dgPk">https://t.co/qRBYX7dgPk</a> <a href="https://t.co/iRg6bCtCO8">pic.twitter.com/iRg6bCtCO8</a></p>
&mdash; BILD (@BILD) <a href="https://twitter.com/BILD/status/812110229659930629">December 23, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
<a class="close-mark close-div" href="#" id="jqclosemark">&times;</a></div>

<p><em>(Google translation from German: &quot;</em>Possible <s>#</s><b>Anschlag</b> foiled on the Centro in <s>#</s><b>Oberhausen</b>. Two suspects in <s>#</s><b>Duisburg</b> arrested&quot;)</p>

<p>The two men were aged 28 and 31 and originally from Kosovo, police said, with the country on edge after a jihadist drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12 people.</p>

<p>(WION with inputs from AFP)</p>


Days after 12 were killed at a Christmas market, police suspect another attack was planned for the country's largest mall

German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre in the western city of Oberhausen, police said today. The alleged plot targeted Germany's largest shopping mall, located near the Dutch border, the Telegraph reports. Police said they are trying to understand how far how far the attack's preparations were taken, and whether they acted alone or with others, the Telegraph reports. Möglicher #Anschlag auf das Centro in #Oberhausen vereitelt. Zwei Verdächtige in #Duisburg festgenommen. https://t.co/qRBYX7dgPk pic.twitter.com/iRg6bCtCO8 — BILD (@BILD) December 23, 2016 × (Google translation from German: "Possible #Anschlag foiled on the Centro in #Oberhausen. Two suspects in #Duisburg arrested") The two men were aged 28 and 31 and originally from Kosovo, police said, with the country on edge after a jihadist drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12 people. (WION with inputs from AFP)

German police arrest two over mall attack plot

german-terrorism

German Terrorism, News on German Terrorism, stories on German Terrorism, articles on German Terrorism, German Terrorism stories at Wion, German Terrorism news, German Terrorism latest news

german terrorism

German police arrest two over mall attack plot