Germany says it has foiled an attempt to blow up a passenger aircraft.
German media reports that the target was a plane belonging to Israel's El Al airline have been confirmed by the country's security services.
Prosecutors in Karlsruhe said they were investigating six suspects whom they had identified and a number of unidentified suspects.
Several of the suspects had approached someone who had access to the security department at a German airport and offered to pay him to smuggle a suitcase or bag onto a plane, a statement from the federal prosecutor said.
The suspects had repeatedly made contact with the person since first approaching him during the summer but were unable to agree on a price for planting a bomb, the prosecutor said.
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