Terror suspects arrested at Cologne airport

German police boarded a KLM flight at Cologne airport early this morning and arrested two men suspected of preparing a terrorist attack.

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Police refused to comment on whether the men - a 23-year-old Somali and a 24-year-old Somali-born German - were believed to have been planning an attack on the plane or in the Netherlands. They denied earlier reports that the plane had been stormed by special commando forces, but said they had been trailing the men for months. They were arrested after suicide notes were found in their Cologne flat saying they were acting in the name of jihad. More...