US EditionGermany Says Foils Islamist Plot to Attack Christmas Market
- On Dec 13, German authorities arrested five men, including an Egyptian, three Moroccans and a Syrian, suspected in a Christmas market vehicle-ramming plot; they were detained Dec 12 and remain in custody.
- Investigators say the plot had an Islamist motive after prosecutors described an Egyptian, aged 56, calling in a mosque for an attack in Dingolfing-Landau district with unclear timing and market target.
- Heightened alert followed a 2024 car-ramming in Magdeburg, where three Moroccans aged 30, 28 and 22 allegedly agreed to act, encouraged by a Syrian, 37; Magdeburg's 2025 market opened shortly after approval.
- The arrests intensified debate over market security as some cities have cancelled winter traditions, but visitors still crowded the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin on December 13, 2025.
- Past deadly attacks and recent trials frame the current arrests, including the 2016 Berlin truck attack that killed 12 and a Saudi doctor on trial for the 2024 Magdeburg rampage.
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On the basis of the accusations of the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office, the group was planning an Islamist attack on the Christmas market in Dingolfing, a small town in Bavaria. According to the press agency, Dpa had to be made with a car.
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Five men have been arrested because of alleged attack plans on a Christmas market in the Dingolfing area in Lower Bavaria.
Investigators have specified that they suspect "Islamist motivation" for this project. All suspects were brought before a judge on Saturday and placed in detention.
A group of men were arrested following an investigation linking them to the organization of a vehicle attack against the public event to which thousands of people are present.
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