State: Christmas Market and Attack

state: Paul's Cathedral, Victoria state Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said, according to CTV. The arrests came after a truck smashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing 12 people. The suspects had been inspired by the Islamic State group and planned attacks on Melbourne's Flinders Street train station, neighbouring Federation Square and St. A manhunt is underway for the person behind that attack, which prompted increases in security around the world. Five men between the ages 21 and 26 remained in custody and would be charged later Friday with preparing a terrorist attack. Two of seven people initially arrested in raids Thursday night and Friday morning in Melbourne -- a 26-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman -- were released without being charged, police said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.