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Prosecutors see Islamist link in station bomb

By Geir Moulson
Published December 14, 2012 4:51pm ET
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Prosecutors see Islamist link in station bomb
File - In this photo provided by the Cologne Police Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012 a bag that was discovered in the Bonn, western Germany, is pictured at the Bonn main station Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. German prosecutors say they believe a radical Islamic terrorist group was behind an attempted bombing this week at a railway station in Bonn. The device was found Monday and defused. It contained four butane gas cartridges, a metal pipe containing ammonium nitrate powder, three batteries and an alarm clock. Federal prosecutors, who in Germany handle terrorism cases, announced Friday Dec. 14, 2012 they were taking over the case. They say there is now sufficient evidence that the incident was an attempted attack by a radical Islamic group. Prosecutors said in a statement there's evidence a man suspected of leaving the bag on the station platform has links to Islamic radicals. (AP Photo/HOPD/Polizei Koeln,File) | AP

BERLIN (AP) — A radical Islamic terrorist group is suspected of being behind an attempted bombing this week at a railway station in Bonn, German prosecutors said Friday.

The device was found on a platform at the former German capital’s main train station Monday and destroyed. It contained four butane gas cartridges and a metal pipe containing ammonium nitrate — a white, crystalline powder that is used in explosives — along with an alarm clock and three batteries that prosecutors say were supposed to serve as a triggering device.

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