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German prosecutors said they had foiled a suspected terrorist plot at a Christmas market in Bavaria.
According to German prosecutors, the attack was allegedly planned by an Egyptian imam and several Muslim immigrants, who would use a vehicle to attack the celebrating crowds.
The Islamist preacher, 56, intended to "kill or injure as many people as possible" by driving a vehicle into a party, according to a statement from public prosecutors.
Three Moroccan men, aged 22, 28 and 30, pledged to carry out the act, while a fifth man, a 37-year-old Syrian, encouraged them to follow suit, according to authorities. Four of the men were arrested near the Austrian border, north of Salzburg, according to local news portal PNP. The five are considered innocent until proven guilty.
Similar terrorist attacks on German Christmas markets in recent years, including one in the eastern city of Magdeburg last year by a Saudi national and in Berlin in 2016 by a Tunisian, left 19 people dead and hundreds more injured.
"The extent to which Islamist structures may have penetrated Germany gives cause for concern," said Jens Spahn, the chairman of the Christian Democrats' parliamentary group, in X.
Investigations into the plot are ongoing. German public broadcaster BR reported that key information in the case came from Bavarian state intelligence.
"There was no immediate danger to the population," the Munich public prosecutor's office told Euractiv.
While the accused "wanted to carry out an attack in the Dingolfing area, there was still no specific target or date for the attack."
Located about an hour's drive northeast of Munich, Dingolfing is home to BMW's largest automobile factory in Europe.
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