Police in Germany on January 1 arrested another suspect in connection with a possible planned terrorist attack on Cologne Cathedral, saying it was a 41-year-old man with German and Turkish citizenship, RFE/RL reported.
A total of five suspects have now been detained in connection with the terrorism alert. On Christmas Eve, a 30-year-old Tajik was taken into custody “to avert danger.” On December 31, three men were arrested in western Germany. The police said they were a 25-year-old, a 30-year-old, and a 38-year-old and were described as being of “Tajik and Uzbek nationality.”
