// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Cologne Cathedral bomb plot say to the clock? Time to blow its cover.

In December 2023, an apparent Islamist plot to bomb Cologne Cathedral was discovered.

Plot

During December 2023 in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia Police arrested five suspects who are alleged to be affiliated with Islamic State – Khorasan Province. Local media reported that a car bombing at Cologne Cathedral was planned to be carried out on 31 December 2023. Police are guarding the cathedral; they searched it but did not find anything.

See also

• 2004 Cologne bombing
• 2018 Cologne attack
• 2018 Cologne terrorist plot
• Notre-Dame de Paris bombing attempt
• St Paul's Cathedral bomb plot
• Strasbourg Cathedral bombing plot