Faeser warns of Islamist attacks in Germany
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has warned against attacks in view of the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel and recent arrests in Germany. "Islamist terrorist organizations, but also individual Islamist perpetrators, pose a considerable danger at all times," she told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).
The Gaza war has a direct impact on the security situation. "We have taken such consistent action against the Islamist scene in recent weeks because we are keeping a close eye on the changed threat situation."
It is thanks to the Federal Criminal Police Office that around 170 channels or content on the Telegram network alone have now been removed "with which repugnant anti-Semitic and Islamist propaganda was spread", said Faeser.
Two young people arrested with plans to carry out an attack
In Burscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia and in Wittstock/Dosse in Brandenburg, two young people had been arrested in recent days who, according to security sources, had allegedly been planning an attack on a Christmas market in Leverkusen.
Before the arrests became known, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution had warned that against the backdrop of the Middle East conflict, the risk of possible terrorist attacks against Jewish and Israeli individuals and institutions as well as against "the West" had recently increased significantly.
In light of Faeser's warnings and the recent arrests, there's a pressing need for enhanced efforts in combating extremism and terrorism, protecting the constitution and citizens from potential threats. Extremist groups and individual extremists remain a significant danger, as illustrated by the FoPo's heightened alert level due to the Middle East conflict and its impact on potential attacks against Jewish, Israeli and Western targets.
Source: www.dpa.com
