Editing Strasbourg Cathedral bombing plot (section)

{{Short description|Foiled bombing plot in France}}
{{Infobox terrorist attack
| title       =Strasbourg bombing plot
| location    = [[Strasbourg]], France
| target      = [[Strasbourg Christmas market]], [[Strasbourg Cathedral]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|48.5815|7.75086|display=inline,title}}
| date        ={{nowrap|Planned on 31 December 2000}}
| time        = 
| timezone    = 
| type        =[[Conspiracy (criminal)|Conspiracy]], planned [[pressure cooker bomb]]ings
| injuries    = 
| victims     = None; plot foiled
| numparts    = Four convicted in Germany,<br />10 convicted in France,<br />British linked suspects
}}

In December 2000, an [[al-Qaeda]]-linked plot to bomb the [[Christkindelsmärik, Strasbourg|Strasbourg Christmas market]], at the feet of the [[Strasbourg Cathedral]], on [[New Year's Eve]] was discovered. The plot was foiled by [[France|French]] and [[Germany|German]] police after a terrorist network based in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, the "'''Frankfurt group'''", was unravelled. A total of fourteen people were convicted as part of the plot; four in Germany and ten in France, including the operational leader, [[Mohammed Bensakhria]] ({{aka}} "Meliani"), thought to be a European deputy to [[Osama bin Laden]]. The alleged mastermind of the plot was thought to have been [[Abu Doha]], who was detained in the [[United Kingdom]].