Terror plots revealed: report

BERLIN: A German Islamic radical held by American forces in Afghanistan has revealed details of planned terror attacks in Germany and other European countries, Der Spiegel weekly reported on Saturday.

The U.S. believes that the detenu, a 36-year-old from Hamburg, is a “major source” of information on future attacks, the news magazine reported.

According to the magazine, the detenu, identified only as Ahmad S, was part of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

He travelled to Peshawar in Pakistan in March 2009 before heading to the Afghan border. He left at the same time as a dozen suspected Islamists who attended a radical mosque in Hamburg vanished from the city.

Some of them are known to have attended a terrorist training camp where they learned how to use firearms and explosives, the magazine said. — AFP