Munich Terror Plot: Police Hunt ‘Seven Iraqis’

From Sky News

German police are hunting for up to seven people suspected of plotting suicide attacks on people celebrating New Year’s Eve in the city of Munich.Some 550 police officers have been deployed to hunt down the suspects and secure the city, with authorities warning that the threat remains “high”. A spokesman for German police told the AFP news agency: “We still have many colleagues deployed. There is, as before, a high threat of terror.” 

The suspects are believed to be Iraqis who already lived in Munich and are now apparently on the run, according to German media. Bild newspaper is reporting that authorities have the names of the suspects after a tip-off, thought to be from French security agencies. . . the intelligence indicated the group was planning a massacre involving suicide bombers targeting train stations in the Bavarian capital.