Hamburg mosque linked to 9/11 closed
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August 10, 2010, Tuesday
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GERMAN police yesterday shut down a mosque in Hamburg which was once connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, saying it had links with armed Islamist groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Taiba Mosque in the port city was previously known as the Al-Quds Mosque and was once frequented by Mohammed Atta, the leader of the group that carried out the attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
Despite the name change, the mosque in Hamburg remained under close watch by security services since the attacks.
"We believe that the mosque has been supporting terrorism for years," said Manfred Murck from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, a German domestic intelligence service.
About 20 police cordoned off the mosque early yesterday and searched the premises, said the interior minister for Hamburg, Christoph Ahlhaus.
The mosque was a meeting point for the "jihadist scene" which had in the past sent recruits to take part in the armed Islamist insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ahlhaus said.
The Taiba Mosque in the port city was previously known as the Al-Quds Mosque and was once frequented by Mohammed Atta, the leader of the group that carried out the attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
Despite the name change, the mosque in Hamburg remained under close watch by security services since the attacks.
"We believe that the mosque has been supporting terrorism for years," said Manfred Murck from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, a German domestic intelligence service.
About 20 police cordoned off the mosque early yesterday and searched the premises, said the interior minister for Hamburg, Christoph Ahlhaus.
The mosque was a meeting point for the "jihadist scene" which had in the past sent recruits to take part in the armed Islamist insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ahlhaus said.
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