DEFENSEnews.com (REUTERS, BERLIN): "GERMANY PROBES POSSIBLE TERRORIST LINKS TO BOMBS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of the bombs was discovered in an abandoned suitcase at a train station in Dortmund, which hosted some of last month's World Cup matches.") (August 1, 2006)
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"Germans Arrest 2 More in Train Plot
Police Arrest 2 More Suspects in Attempted German Train Bombings"By DAVID RISING
BERLIN Aug 25, 2006 (AP)— German police arrested a third suspect Friday in connection with a failed attempt to blow up two trains, while Lebanese authorities picked up a fourth man believed to have been involved, officials said.
The man arrested in Germany, whose identity was not released, was detained in the southern city of Konstanz on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization, attempting to set off an explosion and multiple counts of attempted murder.
"Whether, and to what extent he was involved in preparing the attacks is the subject of the investigation," said Frauke Scheuten, spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor's office.
Prosecutors said the man was an associate of Youssef Mohamad el Hajdib, one of two Lebanese men accused of planting the bombs July 31.
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza said police in his country detained a 24-year-old, whom he identified only as H.K.D., on suspicion he was involved in the failed bombing plot.
Mirza said information received from the second suspect, Jihad Hamad, led to the arrest.
After a nearly three-week lull following the attempted bombings, the case has moved quickly in recent days. El Hajdib, 21, was arrested Aug. 19, and Hamad, 20, was arrested Thursday in Lebanon.
The two are accused of planting the bombs at the Cologne train station. The detonators for the devices went off, but the bombs failed to explode and were discovered on regional trains in Koblenz and Dortmund."