2007 bomb plot in Germany
The
2007 bomb plot in Germany, planned by the
al-Qaeda controlled,
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) affiliated
Sauerland terror cell (), was discovered following an extensive nine-month investigation involving more than 600 agents in five
German states. The number of agents involved in a counterterrorism operation led by the federal police had never been the case before. At the same time,
Danish police in
Copenhagen were busy with explosives. A
Pakistani and an
Afghan man have been charged with preparing to carry out their attacks under al-Qaeda plans. Authorities said they were unaware of any direct links between the terrorists arrested in the two
European countries. Three men were arrested on 4 September 2007 while leaving a rented cottage in the Oberschledorn district of
Medebach,
Germany where they had stored 700 kg (1,500 lb) of a
hydrogen peroxide-based mixture and 26 military-grade
detonators, and were attempting to build
car bombs. A supporter was arrested in
Turkey. All four had attended an IJU-training camp in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2006. They were convicted in 2010 and given prison sentences of varying lengths; all have since been released.
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