German police detain three more suspects over ‘threat’ to Cologne Cathedral

A police vehicle is parked in front of the cathedral in Cologne, Germany (Sascha Thelen/dpa via AP)

Three more people were detained on Sunday in connection with a reported threat of an attack on the Cologne Cathedral over the holidays, German authorities said.

The detentions came only days after a 30-year-old Tajik man was detained in relation to an alleged plot to attack the world-famous cathedral by Islamic extremists in the western German city.