BERLIN, Sept 5: German security services foiled a plan by Muslim militants to carry out “massive bomb attacks” against US installations in Germany and arrested three suspects, officials said on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutor Monika Harms said the men, two German nationals and one Turk, had been on the verge of launching their attacks after acquiring enough material to make a bomb with explosive power equal to 550kg of TNT.

“Thanks to the cooperation of federal and local police over several months, we were able to ... prevent massive bomb attacks,” Harms told a news conference. German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said the suspects posed an “imminent” security threat, while Chancellor Angela Merkel said a “horrible event” had been averted.—Reuters