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Terror attack foiled

Berlin: Hundreds of German police combed offices and apartments associated with leftwing activists across six northern cities on Wednesday, saying they had evidence that a terrorist organisation was planning to disrupt next month's G-8 summit. The biggest early-morning raid took place in Hamburg, at a popular leftwing cultural centre known as Red Flora. In Berlin, two cultural centres were among the 40 buildings searched. Eighteen persons arrested were being questioned. Prosecutors said they had launched an investigation into the so-called Militant Group, a leftwing movement believed to be responsible for 25 attacks during the past six years. The Interior Ministry said border controls would be tightened in response to information about plans for fire bombings and attacks. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2007

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