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| Three held in German terror raids | Three held in German terror raids |
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| Three men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks, officials have said. | Three men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks, officials have said. |
| Federal prosecutors said the three were suspected members of "an Islamist terrorist organisation", but gave no further details. | Federal prosecutors said the three were suspected members of "an Islamist terrorist organisation", but gave no further details. |
| Defence minister Franz Josef Jung said the men were suspected of planning attacks against a US military base in Ramstein, and Frankfurt airport. | Defence minister Franz Josef Jung said the men were suspected of planning attacks against a US military base in Ramstein, and Frankfurt airport. |
| "There was an imminent threat," he told German television. | "There was an imminent threat," he told German television. |
| Reports said that two of the suspects were German while the third was Pakistani. | |
| Prosecutors said the arrests took place on Tuesday afternoon. | |
| Frankfurt airport is continental Europe's busiest, and the base at Ramstein in western Germany is a major transport hub for US military operations. |