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March 31, 2011 German Arrested Over Possible Stadium Attack Plan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN (AP) - German police on Thursday found possibly explosive devices near a football stadium after arresting a man, but later said the incident was not terror related. The Federal Criminal Police Office said the 25-year-old, who had no previous police record, was arrested in Cologne on Tuesday after e-mailing anonymous tips about planned attacks to authorities. But the government quickly ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack and said the public was never in danger. "This incident has no links to terrorist or Islamist organizations," a spokesman for the interior ministry said. The suspect appears to be a criminal who acted alone, he added. The spokesman declined to be named in line with government policy. Officials found the three alleged explosive devices near Borussia Dortmund's football stadium after questioning the man, the office said. They found another three such objects in his apartment, along with a laptop, chemicals and documents. Tests have yet to determine whether the devices contained functioning explosives. The soccer club said the devices were found in a parking lot a few hundred meters (yards) from the stadium. The suspect had initiated e-mail contact with the German Embassy in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad in February, "with the intention of delivering information" on two allegedly planned attacks in Germany, a statement from the police office said. Officials determined early in the investigation that the attack scenarios appeared to be fabricated and "may have been the point of departure for a blackmail attempt," it added. A linguistic analysis of the e-mails suggested a likely link to a so-far unresolved blackmail case involving an unidentified company last year, the police office said. The man, whose name wasn't released, was arrested at a hotel in Cologne on Tuesday and acknowledged being the anonymous tipster. The suspect had mentioned a supposedly planned attack near the Dortmund stadium in his e-mails. He told police that he had "made up" details of the planned attacks - but had placed the devices near the stadium and had another three in his apartment. The police office said his motive was unclear. Borussia Dortmund currently leads German football's top division, the Bundesliga. The club said its home match Saturday against third-placed Hannover will go ahead, as there is no danger to spectators, but it will beef up security measures at the stadium. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
