Germany nabs Turk said to be planning US attack

GERMAN police said yesterday they had arrested a 24-year-old Turkish national in possession of explosives, and a newspaper reported he was suspected of planning an attack on US installations.

Sat, 07 Sep, 2002 - 01:00

A police spokesman in Stuttgart in southwest Germany confirmed the arrest near the tourist city of Heidelberg.

"We found a large quantity of explosives on him," said state Interior Ministry spokeswoman Alice Loyson-Siemering.

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