Posted on 11/18/2010 3:24:17 AM PST by markomalley
Police in Namibia have intercepted a suspicious object with a detonator and a running clock in luggage on an Air Berlin plane en route from the country's capital, Windhoek to Munich.
Germany's Federal Crime Office (BKA) said it was not clear if the object found during loading of the Airbus jet yesterday was an ignitable explosive.
Germany stepped up security measures after saying it had received intelligence pointing to a planned attack in the country towards the end of this month.
Security was stepped up at potential targets such as train stations and airports.
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office said on Thursday that a scan showed batteries attached by wires to a fuse and a clock. They say authorities in Windhoek, Namibia, were investigating whether the device found Wednesday could have exploded.
German security officials told NBC News that they were in the process of assessing whether the device was "a fake bomb" or could have actually detonated.
Menonites!
....meanwhile, in Pocatella Iowa, we are fondling farmers on their way to Thanksgiving.
It was ticking....I’d be out of there so fast....
So... why exactly do you need an air route from Namibia to Germany?
Seems like trying to stop people from getting to Germany from Namibia would be a better idea.
Used to be a German colony back in the Wilhelmine era...
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