Ten Men Detained Near Frankfurt on Suspicion of Islamist Attack Plot

Ten Men Detained Near Frankfurt on Suspicion of Islamist Attack Plot
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BERLIN—Ten men were detained in raids around Frankfurt on Friday, March 22, on suspicion of planning an Islamist attack using a vehicle and guns with the goal of killing as many people as possible, prosecutors said.

Several of the suspects, aged 20 to 42, were German citizens, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said, without naming the other nationalities.