Attack on Christmas market planned: Iraqi deported

Terrorism - Attack on Christmas market planned: Iraqi deported

A 20-year-old Iraqi who is said to have planned a terrorist attack over the Christmas period was deported to his country of origin on Friday evening. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior in Saxony-Anhalt on Saturday. The deportation was accompanied by an indefinite ban on entry and residence.

The 20-year-old was taken into custody in Helmstedt on November 21. According to the State Criminal Police Office of Lower Saxony, the police had indications that the man had planned a serious act of violence. He is said to have planned to attack visitors to a Christmas market. The man lived in Saxony-Anhalt and worked in Lower Saxony.

"Thanks to the high level of vigilance of the security authorities, plans for an attack were thwarted. The successful deportation is the result of very well-functioning cooperation between several authorities," said Saxony-Anhalt Interior Minister Tamara Zieschang (CDU).

Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Daniela Behrens (SPD) explained that a serious threat had been successfully averted. "We will remain vigilant in the future and will not let up in our efforts to protect our citizens. Because the truth is: the general threat situation remains tense."

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1. The terrorism threat during the Christmas period in Saxony-Anhalt was reduced thanks to the cooperation between multiple authorities, leading to the deportation of a potentially dangerous individual from Lower Saxony to his country of origin.
2. Despite the successful deportation of the Iraqi planning a terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Daniela Behrens cautioned that the general threat situation remains tense.
3. The 20-year-old Iraqi, who had been residing in Saxony-Anhalt and working in Lower Saxony, was deported from Helmstedt with an indefinite ban on entry and residence, as announced by the Ministry of the Interior in Saxony-Anhalt.
4. After indications of the Iraqi's planned attack on a Christmas market, police in Lower Saxony took the individual into custody on November 21.
5. The importance of vigilance and cooperation between security authorities was emphasized by Saxony-Anhalt's Interior Minister Tamara Zieschang (CDU), following the thwarted terrorism attempt over the Christmas period.
6. Foreigners living in Saxony-Anhalt or other regions across Germany are subject to strict security measures, as demonstrated by the deportation of the 20-year-old Iraqi with a history of planning terrorism-related activities.

Source: www.stern.de