2006 German train bombing attempts
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Die versuchten Bombenanschläge vom 31. Juli 2006 waren ein fehlgeschlagener islamistischer Terroranschlag auf deutsche Eisenbahnzüge. Die zwei eingesetzten Kofferbomben wurden in Köln in die Züge gebracht, waren jedoch konstruktionsbedingt nicht explosionsfähig.
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On 31 July 2006, two men placed two suitcases filled with bombs on regional commuter trains in Germany. Departing from the central station in Cologne, the bombs were timed to go off near Hamm or Dortmund and near Koblenz, and according to German investigators "would have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people ... on a much larger scale than the terrorist attacks on London subways and buses in July 2005." However, due to faulty construction, the bombs only failed to ignite, even as the detonators worked. According to the German prosecutor, at the time Germany had "never been closer to an Islamist attack than in this case."
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Versuchte Bombenanschläge vom 31. Juli 2006
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2006 German train bombing attempts
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Police cordon of the Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
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Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, on trains en route to Hamm or Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Youssef Mohamad el-Hajdib and Jihad Hamad
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Commuter trains
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Bombings
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On 31 July 2006, two men placed two suitcases filled with bombs on regional commuter trains in Germany. Departing from the central station in Cologne, the bombs were timed to go off near Hamm or Dortmund and near Koblenz, and according to German investigators "would have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people ... on a much larger scale than the terrorist attacks on London subways and buses in July 2005." However, due to faulty construction, the bombs only failed to ignite, even as the detonators worked. According to the German prosecutor, at the time Germany had "never been closer to an Islamist attack than in this case." German investigators suspected a terrorist organisation was behind the plot. Investigations found two Lebanese men to have been behind the attempted bombings. Jihad Hamad, who had fled to Lebanon after the attempted attacks was sentenced to twelve years in prison in Beirut in 2007. Youssef Mohamad el-Hajdib, arrested in Kiel on 19 August, was in 2008 sentenced to life in prison in Germany for the attempted bombings. There remained suspicions of involvement by the brother of one of the convicted men, Saddam el-Hajdib, a high-ranking member of Fatah al-Islam who was killed in fighting with the Lebanese Army before he could be tried in court. Europol classified the attack as Islamic terrorism in a 2007 report.
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Die versuchten Bombenanschläge vom 31. Juli 2006 waren ein fehlgeschlagener islamistischer Terroranschlag auf deutsche Eisenbahnzüge. Die zwei eingesetzten Kofferbomben wurden in Köln in die Züge gebracht, waren jedoch konstruktionsbedingt nicht explosionsfähig.
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