DHAKA: Police in southern Germany have thwarted a planned Islamist attack after detaining a married couple with suspected links to Salafist militants.

The interior minister of the state of Hesse said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.

‘Investigations by the police indicate that we have been able to prevent a terrorist attack,’ Peter Beuth, the interior minister of Hesse, told reporters.

‘This incident shows that must all remain very alert.’

Beuth did not give details about specific attack targets.

Confirming a report by Die Welt newspaper, he said the couple were detained in Oberursel, near the financial centre Frankfurt, and were suspected of links to Salafist Islamist militants.

BDST: 2012 HRS, APR 30, 2015
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