German police have arrested five men suspected of plotting an attack on a Christmas market. The suspects — three Moroccan nationals aged 22, 28 and 30, a 56-year-old Egyptian, and a 37-year-old Syrian — were detained on Friday in connection with an alleged Islamist-motivated plan to ram a vehicle into crowds at a market in the Dingolfing-Landau district of southern Bavaria, northeast of Munich.
Prosecutors allege the Egyptian, reported by German media to be an imam at a local mosque, called for the attack with the intent of killing or injuring as many people as possible. The three Moroccans are accused of agreeing to carry it out, while the Syrian is suspected of encouraging them.
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