Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).
German security officials told reporters that they had stopped an Islamic terrorist plot similar to the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
A 35-year-old Turkish man and his 34-year-old wife were taken into custody near Frankfurt. Special police forces found a bomb, firearms, ammunition and chemicals that can make explosives.
Authorities say that the man had been under surveillance as a suspected Islamic extremist.
“According to our current information we have prevented an attack,” said Stefan Mueller, the chief of police for western Hesse state.
The speculation among police is that the target was a professional cycling race scheduled for Friday.
“Of course we talked about the Boston attack last night,” said Mueller, explaining why security officials decided to go ahead with the raid. The race “is a soft target, and of course since the Boston Marathon it’s part of the security assessment for every marathon in Germany, and of course this is true for cycling races too.”
Weapons found in the home included a pipe bomb, 100 rounds of ammunition, a training rocket for an anti-tank weapon and a gallon of hydrogen peroxide along with other chemicals. Hydrogen peroxide can create a substance called TATP which is what shoe bomber Richard Reid tried to use to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight.
“I want to emphasize that an attack was prevented, but it will have to be seen whether a concrete attack against tomorrow’s cycle race was planned,” Mueller added.
