Reporter for Bild Zeitung
Hamburg-based reporter for the German newspaper Bild Zeitung
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Philipp Hedemann
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Germans Foil Alleged Chemical Attack on US Interests German police today say that they've broken up a plot to launch a string of terrorist bombings against Americans. The suspected terrorists, two Germans and a Turk, were arrested as they prepared to move what the police said was an enormous volume of bomb materials. They also said the men appeared to be linked to al Qaeda. Is homegrown terrorism a growing threat in Europe? Philipp Hedemann reports from Hamburg for Bild Zeitung.
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