Terrorists Arrested On KLM Flight Right Before Take Off In Germany

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KLM Arrest: Two Suspected Terrorists Taken Off Flight
NICOLE LANGE | September 26, 2008 07:15 AM EST | AP



COLOGNE, Germany — German police boarded a plane at Cologne airport and arrested two terrorist suspects Friday just before the plane took off for Amsterdam.

A 23-year-old Somali man and a 24-year-old German man born in Somalia were arrested before the KLM flight left the airport, a spokeswoman for North Rhine-Westphalia state police said.

Police spokeswoman Katharina Breuer told The Associated Press that officers boarded the plane at 6:55 a.m. (0455 GMT) and arrested the men without incident. She said authorities do not think the men planned to hijack the flight.

Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper, citing police sources, said the men had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying that they wanted to die for the "jihad" or "holy war."

Breuer would not disclose how authorities knew the men would be on board.

Elfrieke van Galen, a KLM spokeswoman, said police boarded the Fokker 50 jet when it was at its "point of departure" and grabbed the two suspects. Van Galen said the 46 remaining passengers aboard KLM Flight 1804 were then forced to leave the plane.

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