Germany Arrests 2 Over Mall Terror Plot

Police say that two Kosovo-born brothers have been detained on suspicion that they were planning an attack on a shopping mall in western Germany. The men, ages 28 and 31, were detained in Duisburg in the industrial Ruhr region early Friday, the AP reports. Authorities suspect that they may have been planning an attack on the CentrO mall in nearby Oberhausen. They say authorities are probing how far along the suspected attack plan was and whether anyone else was involved. Police say they increased their presence at CentrO and a nearby Christmas market on Thursday evening after receiving a tip. Meanwhile, Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri was shot dead during a shootout with police in Milan, Italy, early Friday. (More Germany stories.)