2006 German train bombing attempts

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2006 German train bombing attempts
Police cordon of the Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
LocationCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, on trains en route to (1) Hamm or Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, and (2) Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Date31 July 2006
TargetCommuter trains
Attack type
Bombings (attempted)
WeaponsImprovised explosive devices
VictimsNone; bombs failed to ignite
PerpetratorsYoussef Mohamad el-Hajdib and Jihad Hamad
MotiveIslamic terrorism

On 31 July 2006, two men placed two suitcases filled with bombs on regional commuter trains in

Islamist attack than in this case."[2]

German investigators suspected a

life in prison in Germany for the attempted bombings.[6] 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.[7]

Europol classified the attack as Islamic terrorism in a 2007 report.[8]

Suspects

Youssef Mohamad El Hajdib

El Hajdib, aged 21, was arrested at

Abu Bashar's telephone in his pocket. Bashar denied knowing El Hajdib.[9] On 9 December 2008 El Hajdib was sentenced to life in prison by a German court for attempted murder and the attempt to cause an explosion.[6][10] After serving his sentence, he will be deported to Egypt. In 2020 El Hajdib was extradited to Lebanon. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/kofferbomber-koeln-abschiebung-101.html

Jihad Hamad

Hamad, aged 20, fled to Lebanon after the failed attack and tried to hide with his family. He turned himself to Lebanese authorities in Beirut a few days after El Hajdib was arrested.[

hard labour in Beirut.[5]

Other suspects

Bombs and evidence

Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
in 2014

The plans for the bombs were taken from the internet. The suspects diverged at a few points and it was there that technical mistakes were made.

detonators. The detonators went off, but failed to ignite the gas.[13] According to German security services the attacks were originally planned for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, several weeks earlier, but the suspects abandoned the plan when they considered the implications of such an attack.[12]

A search of the suspects' apartment found

Surveillance cameras caught both suspects carrying wheeled baggage onto the train at Cologne.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Suspects in Attempted Bombings Face Prison for Life, Deutsche Welle, October 22, 2006
  2. ^ "Man jailed for German train bombs plot". The Guardian. 9 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b Suspect in German Bomb Plot Killed in Lebanon Fighting, Deutsche Welle, May 22, 2007
  4. ^ Gohel, Sajjan M. (August 2011). "Germany Increasingly a Center for Terrorism in Europe". CTC Sentinel. 4 (8). Combating Terrorism Center.
  5. ^ a b "Lebanese Man Convicted in 2006 Plot to Bomb German Trains". The New York Times. 19 December 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Train plotter jailed in Germany". BBC News. 9 December 2008.
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  8. ^ "TE-SAT 2007: EU Terrorism Situation & Trend Report". Europol. p. 18. Archived from the original on 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  9. ^ 9 arrested by Denmark in reported terror plot, International Herald Tribune, September 5, 2006
  10. ^ "A Terrorist Gets the Judicial Middle Finger". Spiegel Online. 10 December 2008.
  11. ^ a b c Prophet drawings motivated by suspects behind failed German train bombings, investigator says, International Herald Tribune, September 2, 2006
  12. ^ a b Lebanon arrests fourth suspect in German bomb case Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, September 2, 2006
  13. ^ Train Bombing Plot Surprises Germany, ABC News

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