German police thwart planned Berlin half-marathon attack

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Six men have been detained in connection with could have been a terror attack during Berlin’s half-marathon on Sunday.

“There were isolated indications that those arrested, aged between 18 and 21 years, were participating in the preparation of a crime in connection with this event,” prosecutors and police said in a joint statement Sunday afternoon.

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