Federal Criminal Police Office - 18 Islamist attacks prevented since 2010
A total of 18 Islamist terrorist attacks have been prevented in Germany since 2010. This was announced by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Wiesbaden on Tuesday. "Since 2010, 18 cases within the BKA have been classified as Islamist-motivated attacks prevented by law enforcement authorities," the agency explained. The "Rheinische Post" had previously reported.
According to the BKA, a total of nine attacks were thwarted in North Rhine-Westphalia. These included a planned explosives attack and a planned firearms attack in 2011, a planned explosives and firearms attack on the chairman of the pro NRW party in 2013 and a planned explosives attack against Bundeswehr soldiers in 2016/2017. In 2018, a planned attack with ricin in Cologne and in 2019/2020 suspected preparations for attacks against an individual in particular were foiled. In 2021, a planned firearms attack in Duisburg or in the Cologne area and a planned explosives attack on a synagogue in Hagen were reportedly prevented, and in 2023 the planning of an attack on people in Germany using toxic substances such as ricin or cyanide.
In Hesse, according to the BKA, a planned explosives attack in the Frankfurt area against a Shiite mosque, police officers and a nightclub was prevented in 2018 and the planning of an explosives and firearms attack in the Offenbach and Frankfurt am Main area in 2019. Two attacks were also prevented in Hamburg: the planning of an explosives and firearms attack in Hamburg in 2021 and the planning of a suicide attack using an explosive belt, presumably on a church in Sweden, in 2023.
Accordingly, one Islamist terrorist attack was thwarted in Saxony (2016: planned explosives attack in Chemnitz), Lower Saxony (2017: planned explosives attack against soldiers/police officers), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (2017: planned explosives attack in Schwerin), Schleswig-Holstein (2019: planned explosives attack in connection with a firearms attack and/or a vehicle attack) and Berlin (2019: planning of an explosives attack).
According to the BKA, the authority originally received significant information from abroad about seven of these thwarted attacks. In addition to the thwarted attacks, the federal and state security authorities also received a large number of tips about possible Islamist-motivated terrorist attack plans. The plans in these cases could have been prevented at an early stage thanks to measures taken by the authorities. They were therefore not included in the count of prevented attacks.
The BKA warns of a threat to the security situation in Germany as a result of the Middle East conflict. Particularly if the situation worsens, "individuals in Germany and Europe in particular could see the development as a subjective encouragement to carry out an attack," it said. The BKA is intensively monitoring and analyzing the current situation and the threat level and is coordinating with the federal and state security authorities in order to take appropriate precautions and prepare security measures.
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- Despite the successful prevention of 18 Islamist-motivated attacks in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) remains vigilant, particularly in the face of escalating tensions in the Middle East, which could inspire extremists in Germany and Europe.
- The city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia was the target of a planned attack utilizing toxic substances such as ricin in 2018, one of the nine thwarted incidents in the region.
- The BKA, headquartered in Wiesbaden, has reportedly prevented a planned firearms attack in Duisburg or the Cologne area, as well as an explosives attack on a synagogue in Hagen, in 2021, highlighting the ongoing efforts to combat extremism in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- In 2019, suspected preparations for attacks against an individual in particular were foiled in Germany, contributing to the total of 18 Islamist-motivated attacks prevented by law enforcement authorities since 2010.
- In addition to Northern Germany, the city of Hamburg and the nearby Offenbach and Frankfurt am Main area have also faced threats, with plans for an explosives and firearms attack in Hamburg in 2021 and the plotting of an explosives and firearms attack in the 2019 Offenbach and Frankfurt am Main area being thwarted.
- As outlined by the BKA, the threat landscape in Germany is constantly evolving, necessitating the close monitoring and analysis of current events, as well as collaboration with federal and state security authorities, to develop effective countermeasures and safeguard public security.
Source: www.stern.de
