More info on German suicide bombers

On article in Deutsche Welle brings several new facts to light on the three women arrested when they talked about going to Iraq to blow themselves up for the cause. Or to be exact: facts or inconsistencies with what had been written before.

1. The women are all Muslim converts

Citing an unnamed high-ranking security expert, Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday that three German women who have converted to Islam allegedly planned suicide bomb attacks in Iraq and Pakistan.

2. They all have Muslim partners

The papers reported that the three were believed to have close contacts to the Islamist scene in Germany and adopted radical views through contacts in Islamist chat rooms on the Internet and under the influence of their Islamist partners. The Berlin Criminal Police Office is said to have stumbled on the three suspects after they voiced their plans in an Islamist Internet forum under a variety of code names.

See also: Germany: Potential women suicide bombers



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