An Algerian on trial in Germany for alleged involvement in a bomb plot said he had gathered explosives to blow up a synagogue in the French city of Strasbourg. Aeurobui Beandali, 26, one of a group of Algerians accused of plotting to bomb a Christmas market in Strasbourg, said he had not intended to kill anyone, but wanted to harm relations between France and Israel.
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