Daily Mail: German police foil 'planned knife attack' on Berlin half-marathon as they arrest six men - including one 'with links to Christmas market attacker'
* Special police forces detained six men in connection with the sporting event
* The main suspect was reportedly planning to kill people there with knives
* That suspect knew Anis Amri, the Tunisian attacker who killed 12 people
* Amri he drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin in December 2016
Police have foiled an ISIS-inspired knife attack on Sunday's half-marathon in Berlin.
Special police forces detained six men in connection with the sporting event that was attended by 36,000.
German daily Die Welt said the main suspect was planning to kill participants and spectators with knives.
According to Die Welt, the main suspect knew Anis Amri, the Tunisian attacker who targeted a Christmas market in 2016.
Amri killed 12 people when he hijacked a lorry and drove it into the crowded market in Berlin on December 19, 2016.
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