(VOVworld) – A bike race was cancelled in Germany on Friday after police in the Frankfurt-area town of Oberursel arrested 2 suspects of planning a Boston-style attack.
According to a prosecutor of Hessen state, police recovered a pipe bomb ready to be used, 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition, a gun, essential parts of a G-3 assault rifle, and 3 liters of hydrogen peroxide at their house.
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German police officers secure evidence at an apartment in Oberursel.
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German authorities said that with the arrest, police thwarted a terrorist plot which targeted Frankfurt bike race.
A Pegida march in Dresden in January and a street festival in Braunschweig in February were cancelled due to fear of terrorism.