07.06.2015 - 06:24 [ Trend.az ]

Zeit Online: Germany sold arms to Saudi Arabia to win support for their 2006 World Cup bid

(7.Juni 2015) Germany sent Saudia Arabia a shipment of rocket-propelled grenades in order to win its support of their bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Zeit Online reported.

The allegations are the latest revelations in the widening Fifa scandal, which was sparked by the arrests of seven top Fifa officials in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of a US-led investigation, the UK‘s Independent newspaper reported.