German Officials Detain 5th Suspect in Connection With Threat to Attack Cologne Cathedral

Police officers secure the Cologne Cathedral during the end-of-year pontifical mass in Cologne, Germany, on Dec. 31, 2023. Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP

BERLIN—German authorities said Monday they detained another suspect in connection with an alleged threat of an attack on the world-famous Cologne Cathedral over the holidays, bringing the overall number of people detained in connection with the alleged plot to five.

The latest suspect, a 41-year-old German-Turkish man, was detained Sunday night in the western city of Bochum in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.