Three Iraqis ‘who plotted bomb and vehicle Islamist attack on “non-believers” after arriving in Germany during height of migrant influx’ are arrested

Three Iraqi citizens arrested 'for planning an Islamist-motivated attack'

Two 23-year-olds and a 36-year-old were arrested around Dithmarschen

Reports suggest the three were refugees who arrived in Germany in 2015

The men reportedly wanted to use fireworks to build an explosive

By JESSICA GREEN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 08:05 GMT, 30 January 2019 | UPDATED: 12:18 GMT, 30 January 2019

German police have arrested three Iraqi citizens on Wednesday on suspicion that they were planning an Islamist-motivated attack.

Federal prosecutors said Iraqis Shahin F. and Hersh F., both 23, and Rauf S., 36, were taken into custody in an early morning raid by a police SWAT team in the area of Dithmarschen, near the border with Denmark.

One of the suspects had allegedly spoken of wanting to target the largest possible group of 'non-believers, but not children', Spiegel Online said.

The three men were refugees who arrived in Germany in the autumn of 2015, according to the German publication.

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