Getty Syrian suicide bombers had planned a massacre in Dusseldorf

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Syrian suicide bombers planned a massacre in Dusseldorf aimed at “shooting as many people as possible” with Kalashnikov machine guns. The chilling dossier of death was revealed by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on January 19. It detailed how the suicide bombers wanted to blow up two parallel roads in Düsseldorf's historic town.

They wanted to use Kalashnikov machine guns at the four exits of the amusement quarter. The report read: “They were supposed to shoot as many escaping people as possible and after the emptying of their magazines finally blow themselves up.” According to the Federal Court of Justice, the four accused Syrians had already "acquainted themselves with the locations of the historic district of Düsseldorf and the details of the planned attack".

Getty The would-be terrorists were inspired by the Bataclan attack in 2015

They scheduled the attack for a Friday or Saturday “because the historic district of Düsseldorf is often very lively on these days.” The would-be terrorists were inspired by the deadly coordinated terrorist attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in November 2015 and wanted to create similar mayhem in Germany. However, the terror cell was busted before they could commit murder, because one of the men, Saleh A., told authorities of the plan.

Getty Police busted the plot before the terrorists could carry out the attack

Getty Terrorists wanted to shoot people in two parallel roads in Düsseldorf's historic town

Saleh A. revealed himself to the authorities on 1 February 2016 in Paris and his statements were "largely confirmed" by his Facebook posts. It led investigators to pay close attention to his three alleged accomplices who were arrested on 2 June in asylum shelters in NRW, Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg. Saleh A. was transferred from France to Germany last autumn.