September 11 attackers' former mosque closed

A mosque which used to be a meeting place for the September 11 attackers has been closed, German authorities said today.

Officials said in a statement that the Taiba mosque in Hamburg and a cultural association connected with it have been banned.

The prayer house, formerly known as al-Quds mosque, used to be a meeting and recruiting point for some of the September 11 attackers before they moved to the US.

Weekly news magazine Focus reported that the mosque had again become the city’s “main centre of attraction for the Jihad scene”.

According to the report, some members who belonged to the Taiba group and prayed at the mosque have moved on to a radical training camp in Uzbekistan.